§ Sir J. HARMOOD-BANNERasked the Minister of Munitions whether the prewar prices at which the Explosives Department made purchases of pyrites on the recommendations of the Pyrites Sub-Committee were actual or estimated f.o.b. prices which were obtained before the War; and if such purchases were made in open competition with all British producers?
§ Dr. ADDISONI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his oral question (No. 17) of to-day's date. In some oases the prices were actual f.o.b. prices; in others they were estimated f.o.b. prices, arrived at by taking the actual c.i.f. prices and deducting average pre-war freight insurance.
§ Sir HARMOOD-BANNERasked the Minister of Munitions whether the Pyrites Sub-Committee ever meet or confer as to the decisions which are communicated to him and upon which he acts; and, if so, whether minutes of such meetings or conferences of the members of the Pyrites Sub-Committee are recorded and would be available if required by the House?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe Pyrites Sub-Committee confer whenever there is any question to be discussed and the advice of the Committee is formally communicated to the Department by means of letters, which then become part of the departmental records of the Ministry.