HC Deb 18 November 1938 vol 341 c1218W
Mr. Parker

asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he is aware that practically all the cloth required for Army and Territorial officers' uniforms during the crisis was cornered by one or two firms with the intention of re-selling to the War Office at an extortionate price; and whether he knows the names of the firms and is prepared to take steps to prevent such profiteering in the future?

Mr. Hore-Belisha

Under present arrangements the War Office does pot provide officers' uniforms or the cloth from which they are made. The officer provides his own uniform and purchases it from a tailor of his own choice. The question of cloth being re-sold to the War Office does not, therefore, arise.