HC Deb 06 August 1942 vol 382 cc1170-1
28. Commander Locker-Lampson

asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the shortage of building materials and the need for saving bricks, he will revive along the coast the rebuilding and building of houses with flints and stones which can be gathered for nothing upon the shore, and which have accumulated of late to the detriment of a town's amenities such as Cromer?

Mr. E. Brown

The considerations which my hon. and gallant Friend mentions are not the only, indeed not the main, reasons for a restriction on building at the present time, but I will certainly consider the suggestion made by my hon. and gallant Friend.

Commander Locker-Lampson

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think it very important to use flints?

Mr. Brown

I have answered that in my reply.

Commander Locker-Lampson

But the matter is so urgent that it requires action.

Mr. Sorensen

Why not mud and wattles?