§ Mr. MARRIOTTasked the Food Controller whether he is aware that a quantity of potato-flour machinery, stated to be of the value of £50,000, has been for months past stored at Hartlepool; whether this machinery has ever been used; whether 212W it is now to be broken up and sold as scrap; and whether similar machinery in other parts of the country is to be disposed of in like manner?
Mr. ROBERTSThe machinery in question has not been used owing to the altered conditions due to the cessation of hostilities. It has been carefully stored and is capable of being used for drying various products. There is no intention of selling the machinery as scrap. It will be sold by the Disposal Board of the Ministry of Munitions in accordance with the usual procedure.