§ Mr. LYONSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the figures of the output and representative product prices of the iron and steel industry for 1931, 1934 and 1935, respectively?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANAccording to statistics published by the British Iron and Steel Federation, the output of pig iron and of steel ingots and castings in the years 1931, 1934 and 1935 was as follows:
Pig Iron. Steel Ingots and Castings. Thous. Tons. Thous. Tons. 1931 3,772.6 5,202.6 1934 5,969.1 8,849.7 1935 6,426.4 9,842.4 Average prices of some representative iron and steel products in the years 1931, 1934 and 1935 were as follow:
Commodity. Unit of price 1931. 1934. 1935. Pig iron: Cleveland No. 3 foundry, d/d … s. per ton 62.58 66.88 67.87 Billets, soft, d/d … … … … s. per ton 103.7 110.0 110.0 Angles, d/d … … … … £ per ton 8.38 8.38 8.38 Rails, heavy, d/d … … … … £per ton 8.27 8.25 8.25 Ship plates, ⅜ and up (Scotland) d/d … £per ton 8.75 8.75 8.75