§ 55 and 56. Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he can give the House any information in connection with the 25 tenders for steel framework for the Bethnal Green Borough Council's new town hall; whether he is aware that all the tenders were exactly the same; and whether he intends taking any action in connection with the matter;
(2) whether he can give the House any information connected with six tenders for a contract for £20,951 for Hertfordshire County Council, all of which tenders were identical in amount; whether the county council have applied to him for leave to borrow the required sum; and whether he intends taking any action in connection with the tenders?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Mr. R. S. Hudson)My right hon. Friend is making inquiries into the matter from the local authorities concerned.