§ Mr. WILLIAM PEELasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ribbon to which the commemoration medals for the Durbar are attached, as well as the machine for cutting the ribbon, was made in Germany; and whether it is not possible to obtain these articles within the four corners of the British Empire?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThe contract for the supply of ribbon for the Durbar medal was placed with the same British firm that supplied the ribbon for the Coronation medal, which is of the same pattern. The firm, Messrs. Redmayne and Co., of New Bond Street, stated on their tender that the ribbon would be made at Coventry and elsewhere, and I have no reason to suppose that the conditions of the tender were not observed. I have no information as to the make of the machine used to cut the ribbon.