§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he has applied to the accounting officer to the Ministry, otherwise known as the Controller of Departmental Finance, who is located at the Hotel Metropole, for particulars of the claim of £30,000 on a contract that was made in June, 1918, cancelled in November of the same year, in which no rate was specified and no deliveries made; why, after the claim was passed by the Ministry, payment was stopped by the Treasury on a certain discovery being made by a Ministry official; and whether this officer, as a reward for his discovery and for the saving of such a large sum of money, has been brought under demobilisation?
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Mr. HOPEThe Controller of Departmental Finance referred to has been again consulted, but I can only repeat the assurance given to the hon. Member on 24th November that if definite particulars of the contract are given, I will cause inquiries to be made.