§ 59. Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the cost, including sums recovered from the shipping companies, of damage in transit to military equipment and stores shipped from British ports to Service units overseas in each of the last three years; and what proportion of this was attributable to wanton damage.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe figures which I gave in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 3rd December were gross figures, including sums recovered from shipping companies. Little if any of the damage can be positively attributed to wilful or malicious action.—[Vol. 792, c. 1459.]