HC Deb 04 June 1940 vol 361 cc763-4
33. Sir T. Moore

asked the Minister of Supply whether special steps are being taken to increase the importation of steel into this country from the United States of America and the Dominions?

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply (Mr. Harold Macmillan)

My hon. and gallant Friend may rest assured that the question of obtaining increased supplies of steel from the United States of America and the Dominions has received special and urgent attention. He will not, of course, expect me to give exact details of the arrangements which have been or are being made.

Sir T. Moore

But are they satisfactory—that is the essential point?

Mr. Macmillan

Satisfaction in regard to both questions and answers is a matter of degree.

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