§ Professor Gruffyddasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the amount of public money spent to date on the erection of the naval camp, the location of which has been communicated to him; the nature of any contract entered into with Mr. Butlin in regard to the erection and disposal of the camp; and the financial terms on which the camp is to be handed over to Mr. Butlin at the end of the war.
Mr. AlexanderThe total expenditure incurred on this camp by the Admiralty is about £660,000. The camp was built by Butlin's Ltd. for the Admiralty on a fixed-price basis and the Admiralty is under contract to sell the camp to Butlin's Ltd. within a specified period after the202W end of hostilities. It would be contrary to established practice to disclose the financial terms arranged with Butlin's Ltd. for the eventual purchase of the camp.