§ Brigadier-General WIGANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he will inquire as to whether much of the timber bought by the Government and lying about in the Challow district, Berkshire, is worth the expense of cartage and railway transport; if not, whether it can be disposed of locally; and if he is aware that, owing to congestion at Challow railway station, little or no timber has been received or sent away for over six months?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI have been asked to reply. I am informed that the timber referred to is worth more than the expense of cartage and railway transport; so far as possible, however, it is being sold locally where a reasonable price can be got. With regard to the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport.