§ Captain Kerbyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty why, in the past ten years, the price of the Explanatory Statements to the Navy Estimates has risen from 9d. to 3s., in view of the fact that the size of the fleet has declined in a similar ratio of one to four during this period.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThe price of the Explanatory Statement is a matter for my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury who answers for Her Majesty's Stationery Office.