Brigadier-General WRIGHTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that in the Tavistock area there are brickworks turning out firebricks, but operating to a large ex tent on short time, he can state the quantities of firebricks imported from abroad in the last 12 months for which figures are available?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe refractory bricks, blocks and tiles imported into the United Kingdom, as registered during the 12 months ended 31st March, 1929, numbered 3,798,000, weighing 332,627 cwts.