§ Lieut.-Colonel CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether any offers have been made for the 1,000-ton barges at Rich-borough; if so, what price was offered; and has any sale been effected?
Mr. HOPEThe only offer received for the purchase of the 1,000-ton barges at Richborough was to take 19 of these barges for the sum of £100,000. This offer was considered to be altogether inadequate, and was declined.