§ Mr. Oldfieldasked the Secretary of State for War how many people visited the Army Equipment Exhibition each week in London; and how many each week in Manchester; and will he extend the period of the exhibition in Manchester and provide facilities for people employed in the supply industries to visit it.
§ Sir J. GriggThe London Exhibition ran for three months. The attendance for the first three weeks was 349,083. The Manchester Exhibition was planned for a month and the attendance figure for the first three weeks was 583,379. The Exhibition is scheduled to go on to Glasgow and Cardiff in the course of the summer. As it is very largely in the open air, it must take place when fine weather can reasonably be expected, and an extension of the showing in Manchester would prevent the Exhibition being seen in either Scotland or Wales.