§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Secretary to the Treasury if, when ordering paper through the Stationery Office, he will encourage the practice among paper manufacturers of closing their mills on Saturday afternoons by giving his orders for paper to the 688W firms who observe this practice so far as they are able to supply the classes of paper required?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEPaper required by the Stationery Office is purchased under open tender, and to place orders, where possible, only in the hands of those mills who shut down on Saturday afternoons would mean a very restricted competition, and a consequent large increase in cost, calculated at from £20,000 to £50,000 a year.