§ Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what
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1. RAW MATERIALS BOUGHT IN BULK FROM OVERSEAS BY THE BOARD OF TRADE DURING 1947 Quantity and value of overseas raw materials paid for by His Majesty's Government in 1947 Arrivals of Government purchased materials in the United Kingdom in 1947 (b) Materials Quantity Value (f.o.b.) Tons £ Tons Timber … … … 6,468,420 83,921,313 6,138,595 Raw materials for textiles … … … 708,541(a) 86,397,490 688,306 Hides, skins and tanning materials … … … 254,659 32,022,710 263,007 Paper, board and papermaking materials … … 1,127,500 29,453,000 1,102,000 Rubber (natural and synthetic) … … … 14,192 1,848,646 31,349 Materials for fertilisers and for the manufacture of sulphuric acid … … … 1,884,671 8,804,344 1,752,285 Chemicals … … … 493,440 6,370,029 558,380 Miscellaneous raw materials … … … 111,847 7,131,467 100,953 11,063,270 255,948,999 10,634,875 (a) Includes quantities purchased abroad for resale direct to third countries. (b) Arrivals in 1947 do not necessarily mean arrivals against the amounts. provision exists for the supply of copies of the electoral register to persons at present outside a Parliamentary constituency but who will come within one of the new, joint, or revised constituencies provided under the Representation of the People Act, 1948; and what steps he is taking to make such provision known.
§ Mr. EdeThe supply of copies of the electoral register is governed by Regulation 34 of the Electoral Registration Regulations, 1946, which appears to cover the point which the hon. Member has in mind.