§ 71. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the allocation of timber and steel was made in 1949 to housing, hospitals, schools, Defence Services and armament manufacture, respectively.
§ Sir S. CrippsAs regards housing, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Economic Affairs gave yesterday to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Central (Mr. McInnes). The percentages for hospitals and schools respectively were 0.35 per cent. and 0.8 per cent. in the case of softwood and 0.1 per cent. and 0.55 per cent. in the case of steel. The percentages for Defence Services and armament manufacture, exclusive of Service housing already included 203 in the housing percentages, are 3.4 per cent. for softwood and 2.9 per cent. for steel.