§ 60. Sir K. WOODasked the Minister of Health whether the building trade and the several trades unions concerned have explicitly accepted the Housing Bill as constituting a guarantee in return for which they are prepared to carry out the various undertakings specified in the Report of the National House Building Committee?
§ 63. Mr. E. D. SIMONasked the Minister of Health whether he has now had an opportunity of consulting the trade unions regarding the, Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill; whether they have accepted the Bill as fulfilling the conditions asked for by them in the Housing Bill Committee's Report; and whether they have given any pledge that if the Bill is passed they will undertake to arrange both for an increase of apprenticeship and for the upgrading of men experienced in the building trade, as promised in that Report?
Mr. GREENWOODThe Housing Bill has been public property for some time and no objection has been raised to it by the authorised representatives of the building trade on the ground of inconsistency with the proposals of the National House Building Committee. On the contrary, the leaders of the operatives have assured my right hon. Friend during the last few days that they will promote it enthusiastically. Some criticisms of the Bill by the National Federation of Building Trades Employers have just reached my right hon. Friend, but these seem largely based on misunderstandings of the actual proposals and on forecasts of probable results which he cannot accept.
§ Sir K. WOODWill the hon. Gentleman kindly reply to that part of the question which asks whether the building trade and the several trade unions concerned have explicitly accepted the Bill.