HC Deb 08 July 1958 vol 591 cc21-2W
Sir K. Joseph

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet set up an expert committee to consider the revision of the Summary

established, in Malaya; what will be the cost of these to the British taxpayer; and to what extent any of it is to be met by the Government of the Federation of Malaya.

Mr. Alport

In the Federation of Malaya there are seven main centres of accommodation for British Army units and two airfields in use by the Royal Air Force. The total cost of permanent construction in the Federation built by the Army and the Royal Air Force between 1949 and March, 1958, was about £5.7 million. The Federation Government have a large programme of accommodation for their own armed forces and cannot, therefore, contribute towards the cost of accommodating United Kingdom forces.