§ 40. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the total estimate of £7,750,000 for the cost of the work at Singapore includes the expenditure on fortifications and other military works, barracks for the garrison, aerodromes, air defences, and 478 the like; and what is the total estimate of expenditure which will fall on the War Office and Air Ministry Votes?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAs indicated in the Estimates presented to Parliament, the sum of £7,750,000 represents the estimated cost of developing the naval base in the Old Strait at Singapore. It does not include the cost of military and air defences required for the defence of Singapore. I understand that these are still under consideration, but in any case, the question of their cost is one for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for War and Air to answer.
§ Lieut.- Commander KENWORTHYWill the right hon. Gentleman answer the question? Is there no Admiralty estimate of the cost of these works?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANAs I have said, it is a question for the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air; not for the Admiralty.