§ MR. WILES (Islington, S.)To ask the Postmaster General, if he will state 421 the names of the firms holding contracts for making Post Office uniforms and the prices paid them previous to 1st January, 1907; and will he state the names of the present contractors and the prices paid.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) It would be contrary to practice and against the public interest to state the prices paid. The contractors under the old contract were Messrs. Myers and Company, Messrs. Hebbert and Company, Messrs. Webb and Company, Messrs. Lotery and Company, Messrs Glanfield and Son, Messrs. Dolan and Company, Messrs. Hess and Son, Mr. G. Day, Messrs. Hammond and Company, Messrs. Eastwood Brothers, Messrs. Ireland and Son, Messrs. Pim Brothers, and the Limerick Clothing Company. Of the above, Messrs Glanfield and Son, Messrs. Eastwood Brothers, and Messrs. Pim Brothers, do not hold clothing contracts; Messrs. Compton and Son, the George House, Limited, Messrs. Firmin and Sons, and Messrs. Pearson Huggins and Company now hold contracts.