HC Deb 19 April 1950 vol 474 cc19-20W
47. Brigadier Medlicott

asked the Lord President of the Council if, to remove misunderstanding, he will state the total amount of cement to be used on the Festival of Britain site as compared with the total weekly production of cement in Great Britain.

Mr. H. Morrison

I take it that the hon. and gallant Member is referring to the site of the main exhibition on the

Church, Oswaldtwistle and Clayton-le-Moors.

Mr. Ness Edwards

Twenty applicants are waiting in Rishton; and 480 in the other areas named which are all served by the Accrington exchange. Figures for these four individual areas are not available.

Mr. Dodds

asked the Postmaster-General how many telephones have been installed in Dartford, Erith and Crayford in 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; and how many applications are still outstanding.

Mr. Ness Edwards

The following table gives the particulars for the Dartford, Erith and Bexleyheath exchanges, from which the three areas named are mainly served:

South Bank of the Thames. The total amount of cement to be used by the Festival Office on this site is about 7,000 tons. In addition, the London County Council expect that less than 12,000 tons will be used on the Concert Hall and the river wall for which they are wholly responsible. The amount of cement to be used on the site by all authorities for all purposes is therefore about 19,000 tons, or some 450 tons weekly at present, compared with a total weekly rate of production of cement in Great Britain of some 177,000 tons.