§ Mr. MACQUISTENasked the Secretary of State for War if he has foregone his demand for 100 tons of curled hair desired for the 7,000 beds for the Royal Air Force; whether tenders are now being asked therefore in the Irish Press; and where and on what are the Royal Air Force to sleep now?
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Captain GUESTThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The ninety tons of hair has been definitely accepted by the Air Ministry and tenders are now being invited from the trade by His Majesty's Office of Works (on our behalf) for the making up of this hair into mattresses. With regard to the second part of the question, nothing is known of this. The Air Ministry does not at present possess a Contracts Branch and is therefore not in a position to invite tenders. The third part of the question does not now arise.