§ Colonel BURTONasked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention 766W has been drawn to conditions imposed by the Bombay Corporation in inviting tenders for contracts wherein they stipulate that intending contractors should use no articles manufactured in any part of the British Empire except where they are not available in any other part of the world; and what steps he proposes to take to stop this discrimination against British manufacturers and workpeople?
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§ Sir S. HOAREFor the past 10 years the forms of tender used by the Bombay Corporation have contained a note that the corporation have expressed the opinion in the sense stated by my hon. and gallant Friend. The Bombay Corporation is autonomous in such matters.