HC Deb 10 March 1959 vol 601 cc1191-2

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £42,200,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1959, for expenditure beyond the sum already provided in the grants for Navy Services for the year.

SCHEDULE
Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations in Aid
Vote £ £
1. Pay, &c, of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Cr. 1,225,000 —
2. Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 700,000 *—300,000
3. Medical Establishments and Ser vices 145,000 *—15,000
4. Civilians employed on Fleet Services 295,000 —
5. Educational Services 40,000 —
6. Scientific Services Cr.200,000 200,000
Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations in Aid
Vote £ £
8. Shipbuilding, Repairs and Main tenance,&c.— Section I—Personnel 730,000 130,000
Section II—Matériel 4,800,000 *—2,400,000
Section III— Contract Work 34,150,000 *—1,200,000
9. Naval Armaments Cr.575,000 *—1,050,000
10. Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad 1,075,000 *—2,275,000
11. Miscellaneous Effective Services Cr.1,040,000 1,140.000
12. Admiralty Office 975,000 —
13. Non-Effective Services 2,330,000 —
15. Additional Married Quarters — *—230,000
Total, Navy (Supplementary), 1958–59 £42,200,000 *—6,000,000
*Deficit.
Mr. Wilkins

There is a welcome decrease in Subhead F, of Vote 9, of £1,650,000. May we have an explanation of that decrease?

8.55 p.m.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

There is a reduction of £1.65 million on guns, torpedoes, mines and ammunition. That merely means that we have reviewed our stocks. We have considered the day-to-day requirements with the rundown of the ships, and this is our new assessment of what is needed to supply the Fleet with up-to-date equipment.

Mr. Wilkins

I was merely trying to discover whether it was partially due to the rundown of ships.

Question put and agreed to.

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