§ 61. Mr. Stokesasked the Minister of Supply which of the Nuffield subsidiaries has undertaken sub-contracts for the supply of Bofors gun-mountings at prices varying from £220 to £190?
§ Mr. BurginThe firm to which the hon. Member presumably alludes is not a Nuffield subsidiary. I am not willing to publish the name, but I have no objection to giving it to the hon. Member in confidence.
§ Mr. StokesWill the Minister explain how he reconciles his statement to-day with his statement on 24th October, when 713 he said that the Nuffield Company made a large number of these gun mountings through a sub-contractor. Surely that implies that sub-contractor "A" is a subsidiary of the Nuffield Company?
§ Mr. BurginIt does not imply anything of the kind. The Nuffield subsidiary is the agency firm which looks after the factory. Sub-contractor "A," to whom the hon. Member is presumably referring, is not a Nuffield subsidiary or related to them in any way.