§ MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether, through the unauthorised action of local officials at Gravesend, the contractors for the new torpedo slipway have been awarded by arbitration £3,076, instead of the £1,135 for which they contracted to do the work; who was the local official responsible; and how has his case been dealt with.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) I must refer my hon. friend to the evidence taken before the Public Accounts Committee, which will shortly be in the hands of hon. Members.