§ Mr. Stokesasked the Lord Privy Seal what is the cost of fabrication included in the price of £7 charged to the Government for each of the 1,400,000 standard unit shelters so far ordered?
§ Sir J. AndersonIt has been a longstanding practice to regard the details of contract prices as confidential. I should add that the price to which the hon. Member refers relates to the first order for 400,000 shelters, and that, as I explained to the hon. Member in reply to his question on 16th May, it has always been a part of the arrangements with the industry that the prices for subsequent orders would be fixed in the light of an investigation into the costs incurred in executing the initial order.
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§ Mr. Stokesasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is satisfied that it is in the public interest that the Import Duties Advisory Committee, who themselves are largely responsible for fixing the price of steel, should be the sole advisers to his Department on the cost of steel shelters?
§ Sir J. AndersonYes, Sir.
§ Mr. Stokesasked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will provide a list of the names of firms supplying his Department with standard unit shelters and the quantity ordered from each?
§ Sir J. AndersonNo single firm is making complete unit shelters. The components are being made by about 90 different firms in various parts of the country.