HC Deb 16 May 1939 vol 347 c1178
35. Mr. Erskine Hill

asked the Secretary of State for War the value of orders placed within the last 12 months with mills or contractors in Scotland for the supply of cloth for Army purposes?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Approximately £75,000.

Mr. Erskine Hill

Does my right hon. Friend anticipate that it will be possible to increase the amount of these orders placed in Scotland, with the idea of giving the Scottish mills, which at present are not fully at work, a greater share of this work for His Majesty's Army?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Yes, Sir. If satisfactory deliveries are made, there is no reason why these orders should not be increased, and our augmented requirements indicate that that might be the case.

Major Whiteley

Can my right hon. Friend say how the figure compares with that of the previous year?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Not without notice.