HC Deb 28 February 1939 vol 344 cc1063-4
20. Mr. A. Jenkins (for Mr. Edwards)

asked the President of the Board of Trade the cost price of manufacturing first-class cement as supplied in Government contracts, and whether he is satisfied that a fair price is being charged to the Government and other consumers?

Mr. Stanley

I am not in a position to give the information asked for in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, a report by the Inter-departmental committee on the prices of building materials is, as my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health informed the hon. Member for Pontypool (Mr. Jenkins) yesterday, at present under consideration.