§ 70. Mr. Bossomasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he will institute the procedure of permitting the use throughout Great Britain of new constructional materials or processes after they have been officially approved by the Building Research Station without further recourse to any other formalities or regulating authorities?
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings (Mr. Henry Strauss)My Noble Friend cannot accept a proposal which would deprive planning authorities of power to take relevant local circumstances into account.
§ Mr. BossomIs it not desirable that once the research station has examined and approved any material and stated it to be perfect, should not that make its use legal all over the country instead of compelling local authorities to apply all over again to amend by-laws to permit its, use?
§ Mr. StraussI think what the hon. Member has in mind is approval under building by-laws. If that is the case, the hon. Member's Question should be addressed to my right hon. Friends the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland.
§ Mr. BossomWas not the Ministry of Works and Buildings required to call into conference the other Departments? I think those were the very words given to the House when the Lord Privy Seal told us about the formation of this Ministry.