§ Sir T. Hunterasked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that the Timber Controller in Scotland is still requisitioning timber from woods already seriously denuded; that from a national point of view this is being viewed with alarm and that owners of woods are of opinion that steps should be taken to draw upon the wood supplies of Germany; and if he will take action accordingly and cease requisitioning timber from already denuded woods.
§ Mr. R. GrimstonMy right hon. Friend is most anxious to curtail at the earliest opportunity the rate at which the woodlands of the country are being felled, but it is necessary for the present to continue to obtain substantial quantities of timber from Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom, in order to meet essential needs, The question of supplies of timber from Germany is being actively pursued, but I am not yet in a position to add anything to the answer given by the Prime Minister to my hon. Friend the Member for South Kensington (Sir W. Davison) on 27th March last. [Official Report, Vol. 409, No. 55, col. 1310.]