HC Deb 07 February 1940 vol 357 cc195-6
22. Mrs. Tate

asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it is proposed to build hutments on the outskirts of the city of Bath?

Mr. Ramsbotham

Temporary buildings are to be erected by my Department on the outskirts of Bath in order to provide alternative office accommodation for Government staffs and to enable some of the requisitioned buildings in Bath to be released.

Mrs. Tate

Is there a real hope that the hotels in Bath will be restored to their owners for the purpose for which they were built? May I also ask whether these hutments are to be built by local labour and local firms instead of by firms from London?

Mr. Ramsbotham

I can assure my hon. Friend that local firms who are competent to undertake these jobs are being invited to tender.

Mr. Gurney Braithwaite

Are there not a large number of empty houses available in Bath?

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