§ 20. Colonel Wheatleyasked the Minister of Supply if he will substitute the manufacture of agricultural forks, etc., for the manufacture of bayonets at the royal ordnance factory, Creekmoor, Dorset.
§ Mr. WilmotNo, Sir. The plant in this factory is not suitable for the manufacture of agricultural implements.
§ Colonel WheatleyDoes the Minister realise that manufacturers are unable to give any deliveries of this sort of agricultural fork until 1947; cannot he do something to assist in the situation?
§ Mr. WilmotWe are doing all we can but it would not help if we tried to make them on unsuitable machinery.