§ MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the cloth of which the uniforms of Scottish regiments are made is manufactured by and purchased from Scottish manufacturers; and, if so, whether the like treatment will be accorded to manufacturers in Wales in respect of the uniforms of Welsh regiments.
§ MR. ACLANDHighland tartan for the Army is made exclusively in Scotland. Should any Welsh manufacturers desire to tender for Army cloths, the War Office will be glad to receive applications.
§ MR. REESIs the hon. Gentleman aware that a strong impression prevails in Wales that the Scottish by some superior craft or subtlety get better terms in this respect?
§ MR. ACLANDI do believe they make the cloth better.
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYAre we to understand that Scottish tartan is to be made in Wales?
§ MR. ACLANDIf the Welsh could make any cloth good enough, we should be glad, I think, to buy it from Wales.
§ MR. LEIF JONES (Westmoreland, Appleby)Will the War Office take care to procure the best cloth for this purpose at the least possible cost?
§ MR. ACLANDCertainly.
§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, College)It is in Scotland that those conditions prevail.