HC Deb 15 December 1950 vol 482 c239W
Brigadier Head

asked the Minister of Supply why, in view of the present rearmament programme, he has recently disposed of 150 tons of khaki clothing, 21,000 pairs of boots and 3,250 ground sheets.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

My Department has been given the fullest possible assurances by the Service Departments that no stores handed over for disposal are required for retention by themselves or the Allies. The stores they declare are usually either unserviceable, damaged beyond repair or obsolete.