§ Mr. SITCHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions the 1126W ballast if they wish to do so. Steps have already been taken to influence ships awaiting coal cargoes to proceed in ballast to foreign ports to bring essential raw materials to this country.
The following is the statement referred to:
actual cost, including price of site, of con structing the National Projectile Factory at Dudley; whether it has been sold by private treaty; and, if so, what sum has; been paid for the same?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYNegotiations are now proceeding for the sale of the National Projectile Factory at Dudley by private treaty, and in the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to give the information asked for in the question.