Mr. Eddie Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what tonnages of steel scrap, by grade, are currently stocked by the British Steel Corporation; and whether he estimates that this will prove sufficient to meet the anticipated increase in steel production in 1973.
§ Mr. EmeryThe corporation informs me that its total stocks at the end of November were about 800,000 tons the breakdown between grades is a commercial matter. The corporation is arranging some imports during 1973 of qualities which may fall short of its requirements.