§ 47. Sir Frank Sandersonasked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction and distress among architects and surveyors because, at the commencement of the war, they were scheduled as a reserved occupation and barred from finding other work, and since that time they have been removed from the reserved list and have lost the only work open to them; and will he consider using the services of members of these professions on some of the official work now in progress so as in some degree to alleviate the distress?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply (Colonel Llewellin)Unemployment is not, of course, the province of the Ministry of Supply, but I have heard of the existence of distress amongst architects and surveyors. I do not think, however, that it is due to the cause mentioned, but to the decline in civil building since the war broke out. It is not the case that surveyors have been removed from the Schedule of Reserved Occupations. With regard to 23 the second part of the Question, there has been some increase in the numbers of architects and surveyors temporarily employed in connection with building work for the Ministry of Supply, and consideration is at present being given to the question of making more extended use of the services of these professional men.
§ Mr. R. GibsonDoes the second part of the answer apply to Scotland?
§ Colonel LlewellinWhere we are building factories in Scotland, it certainly applies equally to Scotland.