§ Mr. SEXTONasked the Parliamentary-Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can give the respective total money values of beef, mutton, lamb, pork, bacon and ham, butter, cheese, milk, and margarine supplied to the Navy by the United Kingdom, excluding the Irish Free State, by the British Colonies, and by foreign countries, respectively, for the years 1932, 1933, and 1934?
Lord STANLEYThe following statement gives approximate figures in respect of purchases made by the Admiralty or drawn under naval contracts:
etc., but particulars of the origin of such supplies are not available. Certain additional supplies of margarine are obtained 1769W through the Navy, Army and Air Force institute, and supplies of bacon, ham, butter and cheese for His Majesty's ships, etc., are obtained through that corporation but details are not available to show the value of the supplies from the several sources.