§ 70. Mr. GILLETTasked the Secretary of State for Air the total value of the 21 contracts of £50,000 or over that have been placed with contractors without competitive tenders; and what is the nature of goods so purchased?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe answer to the first part of the question is approximately £1,750,000; to the second, that the contracts were for the supply of new aircraft and aero-engines, overhaul of aero-engines and supply of aero-engine spares.