HC Deb 18 February 1946 vol 419 cc781-2
78. Mr. Keeling

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that negotiations are taking place for converting the flying boat factory on Lake Windermere into a factory for prefabricating houses; and whether he intends to honour the promise which was given by the Ministry of Aircraft Production to the Council for the Preservation of Rural England and recorded by the Select Committee on National Expenditure, that the factory would be demolished after the war.

Sir S. Cripps

Proposals to use this factory for the housing programme are at present under consideration, but no such re-allocation will be made without prior consultation with the Council for the Preservation of Rural England.

Mr. Keeling

Will the President of the Board of Trade give an undertaking that this promise will not be broken unless the Council release the Government from it

Sir S. Cripps

I will give an undertaking that nothing will be done without consultation.