HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 c45W
10. Mr. Haire

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to decontrol the timber industry.

Mr. H. Wilson

No. I shall continue to dispense with controls over the distribution and purchase of timber as fast as conditions permit. But complete decontrol now of all types of timber would not, in my view, be either practicable or desirable.