HC Deb 23 March 1914 vol 60 c54W
Mr. GODFREY COLLINS

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the amount of the German Navy Estimates for 1914–15; what would be the amount of the German Navy Estimates if in their estimates were included the same charges as are borne on our Estimates; and what are those charges?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The total of the German Naval Estimates for 1914–15 is £23,432,659. The comparative figures asked for are of necessity largely conjectural and cannot accurately be determined. I must therefore ask my hon. Friend to refer to the reply I gave him on 28th March last and to the information supplied in the Return standing in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for East Northants. Some reference to this subject was also made by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary in the House of Commons on the 16th March. 1911.