HC Deb 03 March 1948 vol 448 c75W
Mr. Assheton

asked the Minister of Supply what are the non-ferrous metals in which his Department trades.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

The non-ferrous metals in which the Ministry of Supply trades are copper, zinc, lead and tin and the light metal, aluminium.

Mr. Assheton

asked the Minister of Supply what are the abrasives and refractives in which his Department trades; and what are the allied commodities included in that head in the estimates.

Mr. G. R. Strauss

The particular head in the Estimates to which the right hon. Member refers relates to the trading operations of the Ministry of Supply in all forms of chrome ore, in calcined and dead-burnt magnesite produced in Government factories and in any stocks left over from the war of silicon carbide and artificial aluminous abrasives, wolfram, vanadium and molybdenum raw materials, and quartz crystals.