§ MR. HANBURY (Preston)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for India if lie is now able to state whether Messrs. Ross and Co. are on the list of contractors to the India Office, or have furnished supplies to it or to the Government of India during the last five years?
MR. G. RUSSELLMessrs. Ross are not, and have never been, on the list of contractors to the India Office, and 1718 have not held any contract or order for the supply of stores for India during the last five years.