§ 45. Mr. A. Jenkinsasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence the value of the orders placed in South Wales and Monmouthshire by the Defence Department in 1935, 1936, and fcr the current year to the most recent date?
§ The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip)I regret that it is not possible to give the value of orders placed by the Defence Departments in particular areas without an undue amount of labour.
§ Mr. JenkinsIs it possible to obtain that information?
§ Sir T. InskipIt would be possible, as a result of a great deal of labour in going through the whole of the contracts and singling out the localities in which they were placed.
§ Mr. ThorneIs it not a fact that the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has all the information?
§ Sir T. InskipThe Financial Secretary to the Treasury has not the information catalogued under names of towns.
§ Mr. RadfordIs it not a fact that no figures that the Minister could give would be of any value, because sub-contracts may be placed in Wales from other areas?