§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much money has been spent on private firms out of the Navy Estimates for each of the years since 1900, and what proportion the sums in each year bear to the total Navy Estimate for the year?
Mr. DAVIDSONI regret that, in view of the very large expenditure of time and labour which would be required to extract this information from Navy Votes over a period of 25 years, I am unable to accede to the hon. and gallant Member's request.