§ 80. Mr. G. Cooperasked the Minister of Supply what is the total amount of public money contributed to the development of the multiple nylon stocking machines which have been under construction in this country for several years; and what is the date by which it is now expected that these machines will be operating perfectly and available to British manufacturers.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussMy Department has not contributed to the cost of development of any such machine. But manufacture of a fully automatic machine designed by William Cotton, Limited, is taking place at the Royal ordnance factory, Nottingham, under a contract with that company. The manufacture, which was temporarily suspended last year while a part of the10W machine was being redesigned by the company, has been resumed and, according to my information, British stocking manufacturers can now place orders for these machines with the firm. Some of these machines are already working in hosiery factories.