§ 49. Mr. M. Lindsayasked the Minister of Defence what estimate has been made as to the approximate per capita expenditure upon defence of each of the principal democratic nations in 1938, or any convenient prewar year.
§ Mr. AlexanderThe hon. Member will find details of the estimated defence expenditure of a number of countries in the financial year 1938–39 on pages 156–7 of the League of Nations publication "World Economic Survey 1942–44." Particulars of the population of the countries there quoted are available in the League of Nations "Statistical Year Book 1939–40," pages 14–19. Copies of both these publications are in the House of Commons Library.