Earl of Dalkeithasked the Minister of Technology what research is being carried out by the Forest Products Research Laboratory to ascertain the suitability of home-grown sitka spruce for plywood manufacture; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Fowler:Tests carried out by the Forest Products Research Laboratory in 1966 demonstrated the technical feasibility of making sitka spruce plywood. The results have been brought to the notice 335W of the British plywood industry but to date the species has not been used for commercial plywood manufacture.