Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill. – in the House of Commons am ar 29 Mehefin 1939.
Last night I ventured to make a suggestion to the effect that armament contracts should be marked at their origin in the Service Departments. I was not favoured with any reply to that suggestion, but I still think it was a good one, and my belief is confirmed by this Clause. I ask the Minister how the recipient of a contract is to know whether it is an armament contract or not. Last night I read an extract from a journal which is supposed to be well informed about these matters to the effect that an armament contractor, or any other contractor, would find it difficult to know whether any given contract came within this definition or not. Therefore, I repeat my suggestion and ask the Minister to examine its practicability.