§ 53. Major Sir Edward Cadoganasked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that one of His Majesty's Borstal institutions, the name of which has been communicated to him, applied last February to the local Timber Controller for permission to use some timber thrown up from wreckage on a neighbouring beach for use in building operations now in progress at the institution, but permission was refused; that the institution had to buy the timber elsewhere, involving extra haulage, intermediate profits and other 509 incidental charges, all adding to the price, and that the timber from wreckage is still on the beach rapidly deteriorating; and whether he will see that such an incident does not occur again?
§ The Minister of Supply (Sir Andrew Duncan)Yes, Sir. It is not practicable to allow timber to be salvaged and used without check on the spot. The institution were informed that a few pieces for urgent repairs might be available, but they did not pursue the matter. The timber, which has been washed up along a stretch of coast on which salvage is difficult, is not of a kind to suffer from exposure. The greater part has been salvaged by the agents of the Control, and the remainder is now being recovered.