HC Deb 13 May 1907 vol 174 cc603-4
MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can state the lowest and average private tenders for lyddite shell and also the Woolwich tender; whether in response to War Office requests orders have been diverted to Woolwich; and, if so, for what reason.

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

It has not been the custom of the Admiralty, or, so far as I know, of any public department, to make known the amounts of recent tenders. No orders for lyddite have been diverted from the private trade to Woolwich. But I ought to say that, having regard to the exceptional situation, the proportion of orders for ordnance stores to be allocated to-Woolwich will be somewhat in excess of the normal.