§ 46. Mr. CHORLTONasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether, in view of the importance and despite the amount of labour that may be involved in separating out the figures, he will give the total value of contracts placed in different areas?
§ The MINISTER for the COORDINATION of DEFENCE (Sir Thomas Inskip)I have, as desired by my hon. Friend, considered again the point made in his question, but I am still of the opinion that the labour involved would be incommensurate with the value of the results to be obtained.
§ Mr. CHORLTONMay I ask my right hon. Friend, if he is unable to give the information, where I may get it?
§ Sir T. INSKIPIt is not a question of being able to get the information; the question is whether the information can be tabulated without a great deal of labour.
§ Mr. CHORLTONDoes the right hon. Gentleman not think that he would find the value arising out of the calculations very great indeed?