HC Deb 27 July 1944 vol 402 cc869-70
53. Mr. Henderson Stewart

asked the Minister of Health if, pending receipt of the final Report, he will make available to the House any interim reports already presented to him by the Advisory Councils Sub-Committee on Temporary Houses so that the House may have authoritative advice on this problem before it is required to give a decision on the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Bill, next week.

Mr. Willink

Yes, Sir. I will place in the Library copies of the two interim reports submitted by the Sub-Committee on Temporary Construction to the Central Housing Advisory Committee and also a memorandum prepared by the sub-committee on the emergency factory-made house and the permanent housing programme which has not, however, yet been considered by the main committee.

Mr. Stewart

Will those reports be placed in the Library in time to enable us to study them before the Debate on Tuesday, and is the memorandum to which the right hon. and learned Gentleman referred the most recent report of the subcommittee on the matter?

Mr. Willink

The answer to the first part of the question is "Yes." The documents to which the hon. Member referred are all the documents that have been produced by the sub-committee.

Mr. Buchanan

In view of the interest in Tuesday's Debate and the importance of the document, the provision of only one copy in the Library is not very adequate. Is there any way in which this valuable document could be made more available to the mass of Members?

Mr. Willink

I hoped I was being generous to Members in that I am taking a certain liberty, as Chairman of the Central Housing Advisory Committee, in making available a document of one of their sub-committees which they have not yet considered, but I will see that a number of copies are placed in the Library.