§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that packets of tobacco and groceries sold to soldiers at the canteen at Aldershot are frequently short in weight; and, seeing that any request for tobacco and groceries to be weighed in the presence of the purchaser is refused, will he cause inquiry to be made on the subject, with a view to remove all ground for complaint of short weight.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) No complaints of this nature have reached the War Office. The administration of canteens is a local matter. If my hon. friend can supply any specific instances of the matter to which he alludes, inquiries shall be made.