§ Mr. Kingasked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent supplies of 184W building materials which are in short supply in this country have been exported abroad since the present Government took office.
§ Sir S. CrippsExports of the scarcer building materials during the period August 1945-August 1946 were as follow:
Building Material. Unit of quantity. Quantity. Value. £'000 Bricks Thousand 798 8 Roofing tiles Thousand 176 3 Slates for roofing Ton 253 5 Metal door and window frames. Ton 3,791 368 Builders' woodwork. Value — 75 Of these items, a decision has recently been taken to make bricks and roofing slates subject to export licensing control; exports of metal window frames and builders' woodwork have been discontinued for the time being.