HC Deb 06 March 1967 vol 742 c179W
19. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will request the National Building Agency to examine the extent to which the amount of home-produced wood chipboard for flooring applications in building could be increased, with a view to reducing the amount of solid timber at present imported for such purposes.

Mr. Prentice

No. This is not the function of the National Building Agency. I have, however, already asked the Economic Development Committees for Building and Civil Engineering to consider ways of saving imports of building materials, of which timber is the largest single item.