§ Mr. Culverwellasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in order to reduce the use of road or rail transport, he will instruct Government Departments and local authorities, when giving contracts for materials for public works, to take into consideration the availability of such material locally as well as its cost?
§ Captain CrookshankThe responsibility for the purchase of materials for Government works contracts rests as a rule with the contractor. In so far as Government Departments are concerned in the direct purchase of such materials, it is their practice to take into account the cost delivered on the site.