§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether a large quantity of steel has been sold by the Disposal Board to a firm in Yorkshire; and whether tenders were invited, the quantities sold, the date of sale, and the prices realised?
Mr. HOPEThe answers to the first and second parts of the question are in the affirmative. The quantity of steel sold amounts approximately to 1:8,000 tons. The sale was effected on the 12th February last, and the price realised for the material was £1,121,000 f.o.r. where it lies.