§ 89. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health the approximate number of bricks that were produced in this country in the two years 1913 and 7925, and the number of bricks that were imported during the saint, two years?
§ Sir K. WOODReliable figures are not available for pre-War production of bricks, but it was estimated that the average production for the three years prior to the War was 2,805,000,000 per annum. Returns which have recently been obtained by the Building Materials Committee indicate that the annual output of common building bricks in England and Wales was, at the end of 1925, at the rate of about 5,115,000,000. It is estimated that approximately 2,800,000 bricks were imported in 1913 and approximately 159,000,000 in 1925.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSSeeing that the number of bricks that have been made in this country last year and this year is nearly twice as many as were made before the War, and are being used up by fewer bricklayers, will he deprecate insinuations of "ca'canny" in future?
§ Sir K. WOODI am afraid I cannot accept the assumption of the hon. Member.