HC Deb 18 December 1946 vol 431 cc401-2W
Mr. F. Willey

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of the German enterprises, scheduled to be dismantled, are in the British zone.

Mr. J. Hynd

I have no official information about plants to be dismantled in Eastern Germany. Of those at present due for dismantling in the Western Zones, 40 per cent., by number, are in the British Zone.

Mr. F. Willey

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many enterprises in the British zone of Germany are scheduled to be dismantled; and with what industries they are concerned.

Mr. J. Hynd

There are at present 00 such plants, 46 concerned with armaments, six with machine tools, two with metallurgy, three with chemicals, and three with engineering and shipbuilding.

Mr. Byers

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the factories in the British zone of Germany which have been destroyed or dismantled or which are scheduled for destruction or dismantling, under the Potsdam Agreement, indicating in each case the name of the factory, the approximate number of employees, the type of product produced before and during the war and the destination of those factories so dismantled.

Mr. J. Hynd

As the answer involves a long tabular statement I am, with the hon. Member's permission sending him a copy. I am also arranging for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.

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