HC Deb 23 May 1927 vol 206 cc1658-9W
Lieut.-Colonel WINDSOR- CLIVE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of broken granite used for the repair and maintenance of roads that has been imported into this country from overseas in each of the last three years, giving the countries from which the imports were derived?

Sir B. CHADWICK

The following statement shows the total quantities and declared values of granite, other than setts and pavement curbs and monumental and architectural objects, imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland in each of the years 1924 to 1926, distinguishing the principal countries whence the imports were consigned:

It is not possible to state what proportion of these imports relate to broken granite, or what part of the broken granite imported was used for road-making.

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