§ Mr. Powellasked the Minister of Works what is the number, the maximum capacity and the current output of the brickworks in operation in the Midlands now and in 1939, respectively.
§ Mr. EcclesThere are some 90 brickworks in the Midland region (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire), and their maximum capacity in the most favourable circumstances is estimated to be about 600 million bricks a year. The output of these works from January to October, 1951, was equivalent to an annual rate of 443 million. I regret that comparative figures for 1939 are not available.