HC Deb 04 March 1902 vol 104 cc348-9
MR. FENWICK (Northumberland, Wansbeck)

I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he is aware that parcels containing clothing and other articles, posted on 30th September and 20th November, 1901, and addressed to Trooper Rutherford Spence Ogle, of the 14th Company Northumberland and † See (4) Debates, cii, 513. Durham Yeomanry, in South Africa, have not yet been delivered; and whether he can state why these goods have not been delivered.

LORD STANLEY

I am not aware of this matter. The hon. Member should address any communication he would like to make on the subject to the Officer in Charge of Gilts, Cape Town, if the parcels were sent through the Staff Embarking Officer at Southampton, or the General Post Office if they were posted in the ordinary way.

MR. FENWTCK

But why will not the War Office inquire? Why should Members be put to the trouble and expense of making inquiries as to what is evidently a dereliction of duty on the part of the War Office?

[No answer was returned.]