§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)To ask the First Commissioner of Works whether any contract for slates to be Used for a Government building has lately been given to a foreign contractor.
(Answered by Mr. Harcourt). The Government does not make direct contracts for slates, which are supplied by the contractor. I am unable to discover that foreign slates are being used by an contractor who is now erecting any building for His Majesty's Office of Works; if they have been so used it is without the knowledge or consent of my Department.