§ 57. Mr. LEWISasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the usual practice where an Army contract, is given to a private firm on condition that that firm is enrolled on the King's Roll, in order to ensure that during the period of the contract the conditions of the King's Roll are being, in fact, observed by the firm in question?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Duff Cooper)The War Office normally places contracts only with firms on the King's Roll, and receives from the Ministry of Labour monthly lists of removals from the Roll. But the question whether firms on the King's Roll are complying with the conditions of the Holl is a matter for the local King's Roll committees, under the guidance of the Ministry of Labour. Any case in which the War Office had reason to believe that one of its contractors was failing to observe the terms of its King's Roll undertaking would be reported to the Ministry of Labour.
§ Mr. LEWISIf I bring to the notice of my hon. Friend a case which I have in mind, will he cause inquiry to be made?
§ Mr. COOPERCertainly.