§ 65. Mr. M. Stewartasked the Secretary of State for War how many guns, during the past 12 months, have been sent for repair to the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Workshops, Greenford, having been found unfit for use after a supposed overhaul by a private contractor.
§ 66. Mr. M. Stewartasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that No. 1 Central Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Workshops, Ashford, is working well below its productive capacity; and why, in these circumstances, work suitable for these workshops is being let out to private contractors.
§ Mr. HeadThis workshop is at present carrying out a programme for the overhaul of some 400 Ford vehicles and a further programme of 450 similar vehicles is planned. There is plenty of work for the men employed there, but occasionally short time is worked in a particular section owing to temporary shortage of spare parts or because of an unusual number of vehicles sharing the same defect.