§ 75. Major Markhamasked the President of the Board of Trade how many contracts for railway rolling stock or equipment for foreign countries or the Empire have been tendered for by British firms during the past year; how many such contracts have been lost; and what is the total value of such lost contracts.
Mr. P. ThorneyeroftMakers of railway equipment for overseas markets are free to tender for contracts as they think appropriate. I have no record of the tenders put forward nor of the value of contracts lost.