§ MR. HIGHAM (Yorkshire, W.R., Sowerby)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War why, in the Army Return Cd. 2431 just issued, the comparison has been left incomplete in the case of machine guns, the cost of those manufactured at Enfield (Table IX.) being given, but the cost of those ordered from the trade (Table XVII.) being omitted.
§ MR. BROMLEY DAVENPORTIt was a condition of the manufacture of machine guns by the trade that, the price would not be published. It was not, therefore, possible to include this information in the Return mentioned.
§ MR. HIGHAMWould it not be possible to give the average cost so as to disclose no one's secret?
§ MR. BROMLEY DAVENPORTI will consider if that can be done without a breach of the undertaking we have given.