§ Captain BARNETTasked the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he has examined and compared the diverse forms of tender which have been placed before him as now in use by the spending Departments; whether he has consulted the Paper Controller thereon; and, if so, whether he will say what steps, if any, it is proposed to take in order to secure a simplified and standardised form of tender with the resulting economies in time and paper?
§ Mr. WARDLEThe question of paper economy in connection with the forms of tender used by the spending Departments is now receiving careful consideration in consultation with the Paper Controller, but I am not yet in a position to make a statement on the subject.