§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment why the catering equipment contract for hospitals, worth £1 million, which for the last three years has been awarded to the firm of Dawsons in the Penistone constituency, has now been given to an Italian manufacturer.
§ Sir George YoungThe three-year period contract for catering equipment previously held by Dawsons expired on 29 September 1981. A new three-year period contract has not been given to an Italian manufacturer. It has been divided between Dawsons and another United Kingdom manufacturer.