§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Supply when it is proposed to effect the transfer to Royal Ordnance factory management of the ordnance factories which were launched and managed for an initial period by certain private firms on the understanding that they would be transferred to. Royal Ordnance factory management as soon as they came into full production; and whether he proposes to hand over the management of any of the existing Royal Ordnance filling factories to private enterprise?
§ Sir A. DuncanThe present position is satisfactory and I should not be justified in disturbing it in the existing circumstances. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the negative.