HC Deb 22 February 1949 vol 461 cc262-3W
97. Mr. W. J. Brown

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of the pre-war trade in imported softwood needed to have been done by a timber firm in order to make the firm eligible for a licence to import timber.

Mr. J. Edwards

Practically all softwood is imported by Timber Control on Government account, and there is therefore no question of eligibility of firms for import licences.