HC Deb 24 July 1950 vol 478 cc14-5W
Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Minister of Works why he has refused to grant a licence to rebuild St. Andrew's Church Hall, Balaclava Road, Surbiton, which was destroyed by enemy action in 1944.

Mr. Stokes

There is nothing I can add to the letters I wrote to the hon. Member on the 9th and 16th May. In view of the restrictions on capital investment, I have had to refuse applications in other no less deserving cases, and this is a considerable scheme requiring an amount of softwood that could not be spared at present.

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