§ MR. WATTTo ask the Secretary of State for War if any of the contracts connected with the clothing of the Regular Army and the Militia were in the past year placed in Scotland; and, if so, to what extent.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Contracts for the following articles were placed with Scottish firms during the past financial year:—
| Supply. | Quantity. | |
| Cloth, drab mixture, great coat | 1,000 | yards. |
| Tartan, drab mixture | 90,000 | yards. |
| Tartan, Highland | 30,520 | yards. |
| Bedford cord | 5,700 | yards. |
| Staying canvas | 460.000 | yards. |
| Sheeting flax | 40,000 | yards. |
| Duck, various | 84,750 | yards. |
| Linen, black | 8,500 | yards. |
| Glengarry caps | 31,246 | |
| Highland scarves | 73 | |
| Coats, I.R. | 3,060 | |
| Leggings | 1,200 | |
| Woollen drawers | 81,137 | |
| Kit bags | 31,500 | |
| Sewing thread | 90,000 | skeins. |
| Machine thread | 58,000 | reels. |
| Sewing cotton | 1,656 | reels. |