§ MR. HERBERT LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, what was the total amount of penalties for delay in the fulfilment of Admiralty contracts incurred during the year 1900, and the amount of the penalties enforced during the same period.
§ *MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERThe total amount of penalties for delay in the fulfilment of shipbuilding contracts, during the year ending 31 December, 1900, was £172,911, and penalties were inflicted to the extent of £1,177.