§ 14. Mr. TOUCHEasked the difference between the price in the contract for German made cable for the Army camps at Tidworth and Bulford, accepted by the War Office, and the prices quoted by the three lowest English contractors for best quality English cable?
§ Colonel SEELYThe tenders were for the complete installation and do not indicate separately the cost of the cable. The three lowest tenders which included cable believed to be of British manufacture, were from 27 per cent, to 37 per cent, above the accepted tender.
§ 15. Mr. TOUCHEasked whether the War Office Department have issued 1158 specifications for extra work at Tidworth and Bulford camps; were the War Office electrical staff able to prepare these without the assistance of Messrs. Kennedy and Jenkin; and do the specifications again allow for the use of German cable, or must it be of British manufacture by members of the Cable Makers' Association?
§ Colonel SEELYSpecifications for the internal wiring of some houses at Tidworth have been issued; these were prepared by the Department of the Director of Barrack Construction and not by the electric light staff of the War Office. The conductors are to be association grade Cable Makers' Association make.
§ Mr. TOUCHEDo I understand the right hon. Gentleman to say that there is a different requirement in the specification from the one in the previous specification?
§ Colonel SEELYI must have notice of any further question on these very technical matters.