§ 55. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for War why he has discontinued the regular shipment of stores from Sunderland to Hamburg; and whether, in view of the effect upon the Port of Sunderland, he will reconsider the matter.
§ Mr. HeadI am sorry that the Port of Sunderland should lose this traffic, since it has served my Department well in the past. These stores come from the Army depot in Paisley, and arrangements have now been made to ship them through Leith, which is nearer.