§ Mr. MILLARasked the Minister of Transport the number and value of wooden sleepers imported during 1928 for use on the railways, and the number and value of wooden sleepers provided for the same purpose by the home timber trade during that period?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISON261,553 loads of wooden sleepers of all kinds, of a total value of £1,173,773, were imported during 1928, but I Cannot say what proportion of these sleepers is used on the railways. I have no information as to the number or value of home-produced wooden sleepers.