§ Miss RATHBONEasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the 1184W estimated value of all apparatus, material and completed products intended or likely to be available for chemical or bacteriological warfare now possessed by His Majesty's Government; whether these supplies have been added to or renewed during the past year and at what cost; and what is the annual expenditure of the Government on research and training for the purposes of such warfare?
§ Mr. COOPERThe Army possesses a certain amount of anti-gas equipment in the shape of gas masks, but I am not prepared to state the value of the stocks. The money provision made currently in Army Estimates for purchase of this equipment for all three Services amounts to £35,000. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to pages 171–172 and to page 100 of Army Estimates for the current provision for the Chemical Defence Research Department and the Anti-Gas Wing of the Small Arms School.