§ Mr. REMERasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the value of the pencils purchased by the Stationery Office in 1925; what was the value of pencils manufactured in the United Kingdom; what was the value of pencils manufactured in the British Empire and what was the value of foreign pencils purchased?
§ Mr. McNEILLThe total value of pencils purchased by the Stationery Office during the calendar year 1925 was £6,300, of which pencils manufactured in the United Kingdom accounted for £6,270; the balance of £30 representing the value of pencils manufactured in foreign countries—proprietary brands for special purposes. No purchases were made in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom.