HC Deb 28 November 1950 vol 481 cc122-3W
70. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost to the British Exchequer of the military activities in Malaya in 1949 and in the first six months of 1950.

Mr. Gaitskell

The Colonial and Middle Eastern Services Vote provides for the excess cost of the British Forces acting in aid of the Government of the Federation of Malaya over the cost of such Forces at their normal stations. I can only give the figures by financial years—£1 m. in 1949–50 and £3 m. in 1950–51. Provision is also made for grants to the Government of the Federation of Malaya towards the cost of internal security measures which it is unable to meet from its own resources; the amounts provided in 1949–50 and 1950–51 are £5 m. and £3 m. respectively.