§ 75. Mr. WATTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the Committee on the purchase of home-grown timber proposes to make purchases in Scotland; and, if so, will he say what arrangements the Committee is making for the replanting of the timber thus dealt with?
§ Mr. ACLANDThe Committee are making purchases in Scotland. The question of the replanting of areas denuded in consequence of the existing heavy demand for home-grown timber is outside the scope of the Committee, but it is being actively considered by the Departments concerned.
§ Mr. WATTDo I understand that the right hon. Gentleman's Department is in favour of this replanting scheme?
§ Mr. ACLANDPersonally I am very keen on this replanting scheme where we can carry it out, but it does not come within the terms of the reference to the Timber Purchasing Committee. It is a much larger question, and it is rather difficult to consider it during the War.