§ 65. Mr. Garro Jonesasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, having regard 564 to the practice of the Air Ministry to base provisional prices, in the case of contracts placed by instructions to proceed, on the data available and on the conservative side, whether he will state the total provisional amount of such contracts still outstanding from the years ending 1935, 1936, and 1937; and whether there has been any adjustment of these estimates to meet the large increases in costs?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadAs regards the first part of the question, I regret that, without the expenditure of a great amount of time and labour, it would be impracticable to compile this information. The answer to the last part is in the affirmative.