§ MR. ALFRED DAVIES (Carmarthen Boroughs)To ask the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the terms of the meat contracts; and whether he will alter them to make it clear as to whether they are for British and Irish grown meat, or for frozen and chilled meat, or meat from animals killed at Deptford, the wharves, or other places within ten days after arrival from abroad.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The existing conditions for dead meat contracts show quite clearly that the supply of beet must be British or Irish grown, not frozen or chilled, and not from animals killed at Deptford or else- 1454 where within ten days of arrival from abroad, and that the supply of mutton may be frozen provided that it comes from a British Colony, and that, as regards hospital supplies, the medical officer approves. It would not appear that anything is required to make the terms of the contracts clearer.