§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Under-Secretarty of State for Air what is the total expenditure on Air Forces, exclusive of civil aviation, for Great Britain and France, respectively?
§ Sir P. SASSOONAs regards the expenditure on British Air Forces, my hon. and gallant Friend will find on reference to the Air Estimates for the current year that a gross sum of approximately £20,950,000 (including £3,500,000 for Middle East Defence Services) is taken for this purpose. As regards the French expenditure, I regret that, as I stated in my reply to my hon. and gallant Friend on the 23rd March, it is not practicable to give a figure