asked the Minister of Health the total standards of timber imported and produced in this country over the most recent convenient period; and what proportion was allocated to the housing programme.

In the three months April to June, 1947, supplies of imported and home-produced softwood for all essential purposes totalled 197,275 standards. Of this some 84,000 standards were allotted to housing work.

Could the hon. Gentleman tell us how much of that timber was imported from Russia?

Not without notice.