§ 10. Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the approximate amount spent by Germany upon rearmament during the last 12 months and during the last two years, respectively?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Viscount Cranborne)No official statement of expenditure on armaments has been published by the German Government in respect of the years mentioned, and therefore I cannot make any definite statement in regard thereto.
§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEMay I ask my Noble Friend whether in view of the numerous contradictory statements that are being made on this very important question, the Government cannot have some machinery or adopt some means in order at least to give an approximate estimate of the amount spent by Germany on armaments?
§ Viscount CRANBORNEI do not think that it would be appropriate to give in this House an estimate unless we could give the exact figures.
§ Mr. PALINGDo the Government accept the figures advanced by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Epping (Mr. Churchill)?