§ Major Bruceasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether it was with his authority that the Regional Commissioner for North Rhine-Westphalia announced in Düsseldorf on 13th October that orders were awaited for the dismantling of a further 10 factories in the land in addition to those already in the process of dismantling; if he will give the names of the factories in question; and whether these 10 factories included Mathes and Weber of Duisburg.
§ Mr. J. HyndThe Regional Commissioner made this announcement on his own initiative—it was within his discretion to do so. As for the further factories to be dismantled I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the list I circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT for Wednesday, 4th December, in answer to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Bedford (Mr. Skeffington-Lodge). That list included the Mathes and Weber plant at Duisburg the position on which was explained in the reply I gave on 20th November to the hon. Members for Flint (Mr. Birch) and The High Peak (Mr. Molson).