Captain Pluģģeasked the Minister of Supply what types of salvage are still needed and to what extent.
§ Mr. PeatI am glad to have this opportunity of stressing the importance of salvage collection. It is essential that salvage of waste paper, the heavier types of ferrous scrap, non-ferrous scrap, textiles, bones and the higher grades of rubber scrap should continue until further notice on the greatest possible scale in all areas. Kitchen waste is urgently needed for pig and poultry feeding, though local authorities are not asked to collect it in areas where it is customary for local feeders to make their own collections; and light ferrous municipal scrap is required in those areas where suitable flattening and baling machinery is available. Numerous other types of waste materials are required for essential purposes, and these materials should also be made available in all cases where collection, sorting 841W and delivery to users can be undertaken without uneconomic employment of labour and transport.
§ Sir A. Baillieasked the Minister of Supply what types of salvage are still needed and to what extent.
§ Mr. PeatI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I have given to-day to the hon. and gallant Member for the Chatham Division of Rochester (Captain Plugge).