§ 88. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary for Overseas Trade, as representing the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much timber for house-building purposes he estimates will be imported into Scotland during the year 1952; and from which countries it will be obtained.
§ Mr. HopkinsonThe buying of softwood is now in the hands of private traders, and I cannot say how much they will import into Scotland, or from what countries. Of the purchases already made by Timber Control for delivery in 1952, some 35–40,000 standards should come into Scottish ports.