§ MR. M'KENNA (Monmouthshire, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any contract has been entered into at any time since October 1899, for the supply of hay, free on board at a British port, at a price of £9 or more per ton; and, if so, whether he can state the total amount of hay so bought, and the date or dates of the contract or contracts.
LORD STANLEYNo such contract has been made by the War Office, 1243 and no payments for hay have been made at such a high price or near it.