HC Deb 08 March 1927 vol 203 c1042
67. Mr. GILLETT

asked the Secretary of State for Air how many contracts of £50,000 or over for the purchase of goods have been placed with contractors, without competitive tenders for such being first received, during the present financial year?

Captain Viscount CURZON (Lord of the Treasury)

I have been asked to reply. Twenty-one such contracts have been placed, the requirement in each case being for articles which only one particular firm was in a position to supply.