§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the prices of the principal steel products of the British Steel Corporation and compare these with similar products in the leading EEC trading centres.
BSC Prices=100 Product West Germany France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Billets … 134 112 105 135 — — Medium plates … 119 114 107 148 120 111 Boiler plates … 127 123 113 154 127 — Beams structural … 101 90 95 94 — 106 Steel for reinforcement … 114 88 104 86 89 91 Hot rolled strip … 102 97 97 118 110 114 Hot rolled coil … 101 93 97 128 105 —
§ Mr. Crawfordasked the Secretary of State for Industry which British Steel Corporation products will be available from the Glasgow base point.
§ Mr. MeacherA wide range of the following BSC products are currently available from the base point at Glasgow Central Station :
- Bars and flats
- Sections, including beams and columns
- Plates
- Cold reduced coil and sheet
- Heat rolled coil and sheet
Full details are published in the corporation's price lists. I understand that BSC does not at present propose to change the availability of products at the Glasgow base point.