Pit-Props (Prices)

HC Deb 25 May 1950 vol 475 cc268-9W

63. Mr. Spence

asked the Minister of Agriculture what price the Forestry Commission received from the National Coal Board for pit-props.

Mr. G. Brown

Most of the pit-props prepared by the Forestry Commission are sold through agents. In the few recent cases in England and Wales where sales have taken place direct to the National Coal Board, prices obtained varied according to the length and diameter of the props, the average being approximately 5s. per cub. ft. for peeled props delivered.