§ Lieut.-Colonel Macnamaraasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has yet come to a decision on the questions as to whether the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes are to be the only firm able to obtain sports kit and musical instruments ad libitum for sale to the troops; and whether he is aware that these orders have virtually given the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes a monopoly, to the detriment of thousands of small traders?
§ Mr. Lyttelton:I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave on nth February to my hon. Friend the Member for Newport (Sir R. Clarry). I will write to him as soon as the matter has been settled.