§ MR. LANE-FOX (Yorkshire, W.R., Barkston Ash)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Tyne Volunteer Infantry Brigade, numbering nearly 4,000 men, will shortly go into camp at Ripon; whether the whole of the contract for supplying the force with meat has been placed with Birkenhead contractors for frozen meat; and 602 whether he can use his influence to secure that some part, if not all, of the contract is placed with local tradesmen and producers.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)The arrangements for the supply of meat to the Volunteers in question are made regimentally by the corps concerned to the best advantage of their funds. The Army Council does not interfere in any way with their arrangements.