§ Colonel YATEasked the Minister of Munitions whether in the measures that are being taken by the Salvage Committee to salve barbed wire arrangements will be made whereby wire, little the worse for use, that has been used in the defences along the East Coast, and also the timber which has been used in the battening of coast-defence trenches, will be made available for the use of the agricultural community during the coming summer?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYInstructions have already been given to the various commands to dispose locally of the wire entanglements and timber which have been used for coast defences. Most of the wire when salved would only be valuable as scrap. Sales take place after due publicity, and, subject to a fair price being obtained, preference will, so far as possible, be given to local farmers, agricultural associations, and other public bodies, with special regard to persons whose property has been interfered with by military works.