64. Major Lloydasked the President of the Board of Trade why a recent offer of 15,000 standards of white timber in normal British building sizes for immediate delivery via Antwerp, providing sufficient timber for approximately 10,000 houses, was refused in view of the short age of timber in this country.
§ Sir S. CrippsI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which I gave on 17th July to the hon. Member for Orpington (Sir W. Smithers) on a similar matter.