§ Captain Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in how many cases he has used powers for the compulsory acquisition of railings and other idle metals, respectively, for utilisation as war material?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanIn no case has it yet proved necessary to use compulsory powers for the acquisition of railings. There have been 24 cases in which such powers have been used to requisition iron and steel or non-ferrous metal.