HC Deb 10 March 1931 vol 249 cc1003-4W
Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the amount of bacon purchased for the Army during 1930, together with the respective amounts which came from British, Dominion, and foreign sources, respectively?

Mr. SANDERS

The amount of bacon issued to the Army and Air Force in 1930 was approximately 28,000 cwts., of which some 24,000 cwts. was of Dominion origin and the remainder was foreign.