§ 68. Mr. Marplesasked the President of the Board of Trade when the first shipload of timber from the Union of Soviet 91W Socialist Republics will arrive in this country; what quantity of timber it will bring; and what percentage will be suitable for building houses.
§ 70. Mr. Marplesasked the President of the Board of Trade whether the price paid for the Russian timber is higher than the price originally asked by Swedish exporters in November, 1949.
§ Mr. BottomleyI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. and gallant Member for Lewes (Major Beamish) on 6th July.
IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF, WOOD AND TIMBER FROM THE SOVIET UNION, ESTONIA. LATVIA AND LITHUANIA FOR THE YEARS 1935–39 AND FROM U.S.S.R. IN 1949 Unit of Quantity 1935 1936 1937 Quantity £ Quantity £ Quantity £ Softwood n.e.s., sawn Standard 547,191 5,736,758 519,535 5,809,829 573,738 9,112,572 Pitprops Piled 214,666 1,554,815 304,587 1,374,238 407,018 3,175.253 cubic fathom Sleepers Standard 37,703 356,630 44,352 430,913 53,204 788,036 All other wood and timber. Value — 841,520 — 893,190 — 1,151,171 TOTAL Value — 8,489,723 — 8,508,170 — 14,227,032 1938 1939 1949 Unit of Quantity Quantity £ Quantity £ Quantity £ Softwood, n.e.s.,sawn Standard 440,608 5,829,224 230,508 3,167,854 90,998 4,693,109 Pitprops Piled 129,623 850,948 149,729 875,089 11,360 225,355 cubic fathom Sleepers Standard 30,269 443,490 8,421 106,981 398 21,132 All other wood and timber Value — 760,208 — 377,616 — 715 TOTAL Value — 7,883,870 — 4.527,540 — 4.940,311