24. Mr. MACLEAN (for Mr. D. GRAHAM)asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the rise in the price of glazed fireclay goods and also in the price of bricks; will he state the date when the attention of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Prices of Building Materials was drawn to the matter; whether they have inquired into the complaint; and with what result?
§ Mr. SKELTONI am aware of the rise in prices referred to. The attention of the Inter-departmental Committee on Prices of Building Materials was drawn to the matter in June and August of last year. That Committee made inquiries and decided that the circumstances did not warrant any action on their part meantime.
Mr. MACLEANWill any information which is derived from the inquiry be cir- 1768 culated so that we may know exactly what are the reasons for the increase of price?
§ Mr. SKELTONI shall have inquiry made into that question.
§ Mr. SKELTONI dealt with that when I said that the committee had made inquiries, but that the circumstances did not warrant any action on their part in the meantime.