§ 26. Mr. REMERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether any scheme of re-afforestation is contemplated by the Government; and whether he is aware of the serious position which will be involved by the shortage of timber and pit props if in any future war we should suffer from a blockade of our coasts?
Sir A. BOSCAWENI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House to the question addressed to him on the 18th March last by the hon. and gallant Member for Rye. The schemes now under consideration by the Government are designed to safeguard the position contemplated in the latter part of the question.