§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEY (Somersetshire, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether, in the new contract for the supply of meat to the troops in South Africa, the stipulation that the meat shall be obtained so far as possible in Australia and New Zealand is dependent on the price, and whether this stipulation prevents the supply of meat from the United Kingdom or Canada.
LORD STANLEYThe contract provides for the supply of meat at one price for fresh meat, and at one price for frozen meat, and there is nothing in the contract which prevents the supply of meat from the United Kingdom or Canada.