HC Deb 29 April 1948 vol 450 cc606-7
64. Commander Noble

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many typewriting machines have been supplied to, and ordered for, Government Departments during the past year.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Six thousand, six hundred and seventy-two supplied; 3,448 ordered.

Commander Noble

Is the Minister aware that many firms, cannot supply their orders without a delay up to two years, owing to the large numbers ordered by the newly-created Electricity Boards?

Mr. Beswick

Can my right hon. Friend tell us why that some of these public authorities are now having to import typewriters from the Russian zone of Germany at prices greater than those at which we are exporting our own machines?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Perhaps my hon. Friend will put that down. I have answered the Question on the Order Paper.

Colonel Stoddart-Scott

Can the Minister say how many of these typewriters are British and how many have been imported?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Not without notice.