HC Deb 20 October 1953 vol 518 c250W
80. Mr. Teeling

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated amount of money spent by Her Majesty's Government on equipping the Suez Canal Base since the end of the 1939–44 war.

Mr. Birch

I have been asked to reply. About £14 million, mostly on building or rehabilitation of temporary living quarters and modernisation of airfields.