§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON) (Tower Hamlets, PoplarI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury what steps the Government have taken to carry out the Resolution of the House of Commons, adopted on 13th February, relating to Government contracts?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI have conferred with my Colleagues at the head of the several Departments with whom the responsibility of making contracts rests, and it is arranged that they will take such steps as are practicable to give effect to the Resolution of the House in entering into any contracts for works.