§ 76. Mr. WATTasked the Minister of Reconstruction whether he has received any communications from the members of the timber trade in Scotland complaining that no Scottish representative of that trade conversant with Scottish requirements had been put on the Building Materials Supply Committee, and that no evidence from that country had been taken by that Committee; is he aware that any building scheme deals with only a small part of the timber requirements there; and what method he proposes to adopt to get the required knowledge about the timber wants of Scotland?
§ Mr. MUNROMy right hon. Friend has received only one communication of the kind referred to in the first part of the question. The Building Materials Supply Committee dealt with timber only among other building materials, and, consequently, does not take account of general timber requirements. A representative of the Scottish Local Government Board was 3427 a member of the Committee, and particulars as to Scottish requirements were obtained from typical local authorities. The chairman of the Committee also visited Edinburgh, and took evidence from architects, employers and others interested in the building industry, as to the requirements of Scotland. The building industry organisation proposed by the Committee provides for a special national committee for Scotland to determine matters of purely Scottish interests, and, in addition, six persons representing Scottish interests will be members of the central organisation for the United Kingdom.