HC Deb 05 December 1949 vol 470 cc128-9W
62. Mr. P. Roberts

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many excavators have been purchased in the United States of America during the past three years; and whether any machinery so purchased has not yet been imported into this country.

Mr. Bottomley

Between 1st January, 1947, and 31st October, 1949, imports into the United Kingdom from the United States of excavators and similar digging machinery, including levelling machinery, amounted to £10,200,000. There is no information available as to the number of excavators purchased and not yet imported.