§ 106. Mr. G. Darlingasked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the increase in production capacity for strip steel and for shipbuilders' steel plate, respectively, in the past ten years.
§ Mr. ErrollProduction of strip steel this year is expected to be 190 per cent. higher than in 1946. In the same period the production of steel plate has increased by 60 per cent., but it is not possible to isolate figures for the production of plate used only for ship building.