§ 29. Captain Gammansasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works if he will give a detailed specification of the Portal bungalow and a detailed estimate of costs.
§ Mr. HicksI have arranged to put in the Library a copy of the specification which has been produced for the information of local authorities. The cost of these bungalows is clearly the cost of the total of the many component items. It can only be determined when the firms have had experience of the mass production of the many parts. The prices will be fixed when an investigation has been completed. In the view of my Noble Friend it is not advisable or good business to announce at this stage the Ministry of Works estimate of what these costs should be.
§ Major WoolleyWill the Parliamentary Secretary see that similar information in respect of the three other temporary houses will be made available to hon. Members?
§ Viscount HinchingbrookeWill my hon. Friend also cause to be placed in the Library plans and drawings of the latest type of Portal bungalow so that hon. Members could be informed, pictorially, of what is taking place?
§ Mr. GallacherAre not the Scottish firms qualifying for setting up for the manufacture of these houses?