§ Major Beamishasked the President of the Board of Trade the names of the senior members of Home-grown Timber Branch of his Department; and what experience of British forestry, other than as members of the timber trade, each has had.
§ Mr. BelcherI understand that the Question refers to the Home-grown Timber Branch of the Timber Control and not to the Home Timber Production Department. The Head of the branch is Mr. F. J. Bailey, who is assisted, for Scotland, by Mr. A. C. Wright. Applications for felling licences are dealt with in the areas, the senior officers concerned being:
Area I (Newcastle):
- Colonel N. I. Wright, Area Officer.
- Mr. J. W. Telford, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 2 (Hull):
- Mr. A. Alec-Smith, Area Officer.
- Mr. C. Hurd, Assistant Area Officer
Area 3 (Nottingham):
- Mr. W. O. Woodward, Area Officer.
- Mr. L. S. Moss, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 5 (London):
- Mr. G. F. W. Edwards, Area Officer.
- Mr. C. J. Haunton, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 8 (Bristol):
- Mr. F. W. James, Area Officer.
- Mr. K. D. Lewis, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 9 (Liverpool):
- Mr. T. H. G. Glover Assistant Area Officer.
Area 10 (Birmingham):
- Mr. H. P. Cartwright, Area Officer.
- Mr. C. B. Evans, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 11 (Belfast):
- Mr. C. R. A. Potter, Area Officer.
Area 12 (Glasgow):
- Mr. J. McCrae, Area Officer.
- Mr. W. J. Thomson, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 13 (Edinburgh):
- Mr. D. K. Kevan, Area Officer.
- Mr. R. McDonald, Assistant Area Officer.
Area 17 (Cardiff):
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- Mr. V. Pask, Assistant Area Officer.
None of these Officers have gained then-experience of British forestry except as Home-grown Timber Merchants. As such, they have acquired knowledge of the maturity of timber, of Sylviculture, and of amenity sufficient to ensure that, in considering applications for felling licences due regard is paid to the requirements of good forestry.