§ 3. Sir LEO CHIOZZA MONEYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state, for each of the months of January, February, March, and April of this year, the respective quantities of steel produced by the United Kingdom and the German Empire, respectively?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Runciman)Statistical figures as to the production of steel in the United Kingdom are only made up half-yearly, so that the comparison desired by my hon. Friend cannot be made. The quantities of steel produced in the German Empire in the first four months of this year have been reported as follows:—
| Production of Steel in Germany (including Luxemburg). | |||
| Metric tons. | |||
| January, 1915 | … | … | 962,736 |
| February, 1915 | … | … | 946,015 |
| March, 1915 | … | … | 1,098,273 |
| April, 1915 | … | … | 1,012,334 |
§ Sir CHIOZZA MONEYDoes that show that the German Empire possesses twice as much steel in war as it did in peace?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThat does not arise out of the answer.