HC Deb 28 July 1952 vol 504 c77W
71. Mr. Hylton-Foster

asked the Minister of Transport when he will be able to increase the allocation of steel to the Transport Commission sufficiently to enable the requirements of the railway workshops at York to be met.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

There are many competing demands for steel and the railways already receive as large an allocation as the amount available will allow. The Government make a bulk allocation to the British Transport Commission who decide how it shall be used.

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