§ MR. J. F. HOPE (Sheffield, Brightside)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will cause bayonet orders for a larger amount than 2,500 to be placed with private firms within the present year, inasmuch as some 19,000 have already been turned out from the Ordnance Factories, 12,000 are still required to complete stock and reserve, and the proportion of private allocation is much higher in the case of other warlike stores and requisites.
(Answered, by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) Will the hon. Member kindly 76 refer to my reply to a Question put by the hon. Member for Central Sheffield on the 5th instant.†