§ Sir F. SYKESasked the Secretary of State for Air whether any orders involving supply from foreign countries, other than orders for petrol, have been placed by the Air Ministry since January, 1926; and, if so, for what material, in what quantities, to what value and from what source of supply?
§ Sir S. HOAREI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which was given to my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Ramsden) on the 1st June last, and in which it was shown that the proportion of the foreign purchases to the total orders given by the Air Ministry in 1926–27 was insignificant. To supply the additional particulars now asked for would involve a detailed examination of individual contracts, values and sources of supply which would not, I suggest, be justified.