HC Deb 23 March 1959 vol 602 cc81-2W
Sir A. Bossom

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the approximate amount of mature or usable timber, hard and soft, that has been annually available due to afforestation undertaken between the wars and since the last war.

Mr. John Hare

I regret that it is not possible to provide this information since, although estimates exist of the total volume of timber felled annually, it is impossible to analyse the total according to the date of planting, and thus to distinguish what is due to afforestation since 1919.