§ 48. Mr. LOGANasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the price of bricks, which is now per 1266 1,000, best stocks £4 3s. 6d., flettons £2 11s. 3d., and glazed £20 10s., as compared with the following prices in August 1914, best stocks £1 16s., flettons £1 14s., and glazed 213; and whether any action is being taken to obtain a reduction in the price, in view of the need of materials for housing the working classes?
Sir H. YOUNGYes, Sir. The Inter-Departmental Committee appointed to review the prices of building materials is at present engaged upon a survey of these prices. I may, however, point out that glazed bricks are not used in the construction of working-class houses.