§ MR. HERBERT LEWISI beg to ask the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the estimated respective cost of completing the works now in progress and those which have been temporarily suspended at Gibraltar.
§ MR. PRETYMANThe particulars asked for are not at present available. The whole of the work at Gibraltar is let in a single contract. Elaborate calculations would be necessary to ascertain the amount already expended and remaining to be expended in respect of the particular works referred to in the hon. Member's question. I may say that, roughly speaking, £2,000,000 is about the sum required to complete all the works, some £300,000 of which would
* See preceding volume, page 441.707 be spent upon the items proposed to be deferred.