HC Deb 13 October 1942 vol 383 c1502W
Colonel Carver

asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether, in view of the difficulty of obtaining good English oak the Commission is planting oak trees; and if so, to what extent?

Sir G. Courthope

The Forestry Commissioners are planting oak trees, the annual average during the last eight years being 2,800,000 plants.