§ 84. Mr. R. C. Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to continue the practice of purchasing from foreign sources supplies of tinned food required by the Army?
§ The Financial Secretary to the War Office (Sir Victor Warrender)The War Office practice, from which I see no reason to depart, is to purchase supplies 1642 of British origin in preference to supplies of foreign origin, provided the quality is satisfactory and the price reasonable. The main purchases by the Department of tinned foods of foreign origin in 1936 were preserved meat and salmon. In the base of the former, no suitable British supplies were offered, and, in the case of the latter, Dominion salmon was purchased whenever available at a reasonable price.
§ Mr. BellengerIs the term "preserved meat" another name for our old friend "bully beef"?