§ 51. Mr. Wakefieldasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that ships are arriving in this country with planks of timber shoring up wheat; that these planks are urgently required but cannot be bought because the Customs will not give permission to sell and the Timber Control refuse to buy; consequently they are taken out of the harbour and dumped overboard; what steps he proposes to take to put an end to this waste; and will he cause an inquiry to be made into the circumstances of the case to which his attention has been drawn?
Major DugdaleMy right hon. and gallant Friend has made such inquiries as are possible without details of the case to which my hon. Friend refers, and he cannot find that any action of the kind suggested has occurred. But if my hon. Friend will give him details, he will have further inquiries made.
§ Mr. WakefieldCan representations be made that a controller should be appointed, or power given to the Regional Commissioners to make immediate decisions in cases of the sort to which I have drawn attention, and so avoid waste?