§ 42. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the Minister of Supply how many tons of nails. screws, nuts, bolts, washers, &c., 131W are stored on the 1,000 square yards of accommodation at Beehive Mills, Thornton Road, Bradford; is he aware that tons of nails have been allowed to rust and that copper nails. steel nuts and bolts, aluminium washers are all being mixed together; and why have they not been sold to the public.
§ Mr. J. JonesStocks at this depot at present amount to approximately 300 tons. Some of this material is rusty when received, but every effort is made to maintain as rapid a turnover as possible and to segregate non-ferrous materials. The actual turnover has averaged 400 tons a month, and the material has been disposed of through the normal trade channels.