The gouse of Lords on Wednesday adopted a motion for
an inquiry into the conditions under which the Government were building great motor stores and workshops at Slough. Well- known critics of the Ministry have lately made a concerted attack on this scheme, suggesting that, like the Loch Doon aerodrome and the Chepstow National Shipyard, the Slough Stores are an example of Departmental extravagance and folly. However, Lord InverfoLth, who is an experienced man of business as well as Minister of Munitions, gave what seemed to be very good reasons for proceeding with his scheme and finishing the buildings now under erection, so that the many thousands of Army motor-lorries may be properly stored and repaired. We fear that some of Lord Invcrforth's newspaper critics have been thinking lees of national economy than of the political advantages of a " scandal." A public inquiry will clear the air.
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