§ Sir W. Edgeasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give an instance in which any foreign stone used for road-making has been imported by highway authorities within the last six months and state whether alternative British supplies were or were not available in each case?
§ Captain WallaceNo such instance has been brought to my notice during the last six months. It is one of the conditions of42W a grant from the Road Fund that all materials used shall, so far as practicable, be of United Kingdom origin.