§ 67. Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Health if local authorities are required to install the combined kitchen-bathroom unit worked out by his Ministry in all prefabricated or partially prefabricated houses which they are erecting; what is 906 the price paid for this unit today; and what was the price paid for it in 1945.
§ Mr. Snow (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. No, Sir. The combined kitchen-bathroom unit is now only used in permanent aluminium bungalows. This unit is part of the structure of the bungalow, and is not priced separately. No comparison can be made with the units manufactured in 1945, which were made of different materials.
§ Mr. BossomIs the Member of the Government who answered that Question aware that the service now given is, in certain cases, not to be compared with the unit originally arranged for by the Ministry of Works, and what are they going to do about it? Is it the Minister's intention to permit the installation of work which is inferior, or to go back to the better work they themselves originally devised?
§ Mr. SnowI am advised that the unit fitted to these bungalows is an aluminium unit of improved design.