HC Deb 29 March 1928 vol 215 c1357W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to the £183,000 estimated to be expended in the current financial year on hemp, canvas, textile fabrics, &c., how much is being made in the Government yards and how much is being purchased from private yards?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The whole of the £183,000 included in the Estimates is for the purchase of materials from the trade, but a large proportion is for use in dockyard manufacturing processes.