§ Mr. REMERasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that orders are placed by his Department in foreign countries for ribbons and other decorative distinctions worn by British soldiers, and whether he will give instructions that the same rule will be followed as is in existence with Admiralty contracts, and that one of the conditions shall be that the articles required shall be entirely manufactured in the British Isles?
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§ Mr. KELLAWAYI have been asked to reply. No orders have yet been placed in foreign countries for ribbons or other decorative distinctions worn by British soldiers, and any orders that may be placed will only be for such quantities as British manufacturers are unable to supply. It will be realised that it is essential that there should be no undue delay in the issue of War Medal ribbons, and it is particularly desirable, in the case of the Allied Victory ribbon, that our troops should receive their decorations simultaneously with the issues by our Allies.