HC Deb 02 June 1927 vol 207 c533
27. Mr. THURTLE

asked the Minister of Health when the inter-departmental Committee on the Prices of Building Materials last met?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The last meeting of the main Committee was on the 3rd March last, and I understand that it is meeting again to-day.

Mr. THURTLE

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think that, if this Committee is to exercise any effective control over building prices and materials, it ought to meet more frequently than that?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

No, Sir. It does not follow that because the Committee has not met at much more frequent intervals it has been idle. A great amount of negotiation and discussion have been going on apart from meetings.

Captain GARRO-JONES

Has the right hon. entleman for ever shelved the recommendations of the Linlithgow Committee, which made certain specific recommendation with regard to the control of prices?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I should have to refresh my memory as to what the recommendations of the Linlithgow Committee were before I answered that question.