§ 37. Mr. BILLINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that within the last few weeks forty-three new Army motor transports passed through Doncaster on their way to Edinburgh empty; that they were subsequently handed over to the Manchester Command and were again dispatched empty; whether he is aware that they were subsequently dispatched from Manchester to Aldershot, again empty, when it was discovered they were required in Edinburgh, and that they were then dispatched from Aldershot to Edinburgh again empty; and whether he will say who is responsible for this waste of some 2,500 gallons of petrol and the loss of labour and transport facilities thus occasioned?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis matter has already been brought to notice, and is being inquired into. I will let my hon. Friend know the result as soon as I am in a position to do so.