§ 110. Mr. T. J. Brooksasked the Minister of Supply if he is aware of the long delay in the delivery of motor vans to local health authorities, by whom those vehicles are being used for the collection and delivery of bedding, etc., for disinfestations; of the inconvenience caused to local government authorities; and if
Certain non-ferrous metals: Ministry of Supply selling price[...] November, 1948 November 1949 November, 1950 £'s or long [...]on Copper (high conductivity electrolytic) … 140 1st–3rd 140 202 4th–30th 153 Lead (good soft pig) … 112 1st–16th 105 136 17th–20th 103 21st–22nd 101 23rd–30th 97 Zinc (good ordinary brand) … 92 1st–2nd 83 10s. 151 3rd–9th 85 10s. 10th–22nd 87 10s. 23rd–30th 85 10s. Tin … 572 10s 1st–14th 757 (a) 1st–8th price range 995 to 1,300 (a) 15th–30th price range 7[...]5 to 620 (a) Price range on the London Metal Exchange. Tin reverted to private trading on 15th November, 1949.
Manganese ore: Sold commercially to the iron and stee[...] industry. Prices, as published [...] the "London Gazette," are as follows:— November, 1948 … … (b) 32d. a unit of manganese November, 1949 … … 35d. a unit of manganese November, 1950 … … 46½d. a unit of manganese (b) After allowance for Government subsidy on freight charges The subsidy was withdrawn on 31st March, 1949.
Iron and Steel Scrap: The current controlled delivered prices of the various specifications of iron and stee[...] scrap are given in the Iron and Steel Scrap Order, 1950 (S.I No. 1523 of 1950). Prices in November, 1948 and November, 1949 are set out in the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 30) (Scrap) Order, 1943 (S.R & O. No. 435 of 1943), as varied by the Control of Iron and Steel (No 36) (Scrap) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 1335 of 1944); the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 38) (Scrap) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 1423 of 1944); the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 49) (Scrap) Order, 1946 (S.R. & O. No. 659 of 1946); the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 51) (Scrap) Order, 1946 (S.R & O. No. 1101 of 1946); the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 60) (Scrap) Order, 1947 (S.R. & O. No. 2095 of 1947) and the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 71) (Scrap) Order, 1949 (S.I. No. 1178 of 1949)
§ Mr. Chetwyndasked the Minister of Supply whether he will give a list of commodities which he has freed from price control, showing the price before decontrol and the present price.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussA very wide range of iron and steel products has been freed from price control. Information about122W he will consider giving some priority to them for the supply of these vans.
§ Mr. G. R. StraussI am aware that there is delay in the delivery of vans to many classes of user. I am not prepared to ask the industry to give priority to any particular one.