HC Deb 08 April 1946 vol 421 cc1649-50
58. Mr. Vane

asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the proposed planting programme of the Forestry Commission for the planting season 1945–46, and how many acres have, in fact, been planted.

war, was 607,700. The number of women employees in June, 1939, was 73,000 and in December, 1945, 127,600.

Mr. Thornton-Kemsley

Are those figures United Kingdom figures or are they for England and Wales?

Mr. Williams

For England and Wales.

The following is the statement:

Mr. T. Williams

The proposed planting programme of the Forestry Commission for the planting season 1945–46 is 10,886 acres, of which 6,172 acres were planted up to the end of March, and it is anticipated that 9,986 acres will have been planted by the end of the planting season.