§ Mr. S. Shephardasked the President of the Board of Trade how many square feet of industrial floor space are still under requisition by Government Departments; and how much had been released and returned to industry by the end of September, respectively.
§ Mr. Ellis SmithThe total amount of industrial floor space taken for war production and war storage and still held under requisition by Government Departments at 30th September, 1945, was approximately 138,000,000 square feet. Up to 30th September, 1945, 12,000,000 square feet of industrial floor space had been released and returned to industry, and a further 12,000,000 square feet was in process of being released.