HC Deb 31 July 1940 vol 363 c1240
56. Mr. Mander

asked the Minister of Supply whether he will make arrangements to have information supplied as to all holdings of aluminium by industrial firms; and, where it is not needed for their reasonable requirements, that it should be handed over for aircraft production?

Mr. H. Morrison

Alter consultation with my Noble Friend the Minister of Aircraft Production, I do not consider that it is necessary in present circumstances to adopt my hon. Friend's suggestion.

Mr. Mander

If I call my right hon. Friend's attention to excessive stocks of aluminium held by certain firms, will he take steps to take them over in the public interest?

Mr. Morrison

There is a fair amount of control over these stocks, but I think that by the time my hon. Friend called my attention to them, this function would have passed to my Noble Friend the Minister of Aircraft Production. In the circumstances, perhaps the hon. Member will call my Noble Friend's attention to them.

Mr. Thorne

Can my right hon. Friend give some information about the collection of the aluminium which is hanging about at various places?

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