§ 57. Sir A. MARKHAMasked why the War Office are advertising a sale of 6 tons of copper at Woolwich Arsenal on 22nd July in the engineering press of this week; and why Woolwich Arsenal cannot utilise 6 tons of copper instead of selling this to middlemen?
§ Mr. FORSTERIt was decided to sell this scrap copper because the Arsenal had sufficient supplies of the material and insufficient accommodation to store further quantities of it. I am in communication with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Munitions with regard to the disposal of such scrap metal as is not required in the Arsenal.
§ Sir R. COOPERMay I ask if, in such a case, the material ought not to be offered to other Departments which might want it?
§ Mr. FORSTERYes, Sir, and that is why I am in communication with my right Hon. Friend.