HC Deb 29 November 1948 vol 458 cc1609-10
10. Mr. Platts-Mills

asked the Minister of Works how many factories in the Greater London area have been permitted to extend their premises since the end of the war.

Mr. Key

Building licences have been granted for the extension of 1,150 factories in the London region since 1st August, 1945.

Mr. Platts-Mills

Is the Minister able to say how many of those factories are on sites scheduled under the Greater London plan for dwelling houses or for open spaces?

Mr. Key

No, I am afraid I cannot do so without notice, but where they have been erected it has been with the sanction of the authorities concerned.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether one of the factories concerned in the Greater London area is not the factory of the "Daily Worker"?

Mr. Gallacher

A very good factory, and giving increased production.

Mr. Platts-Mills

Is not the Minister aware that that is merely scheduled under the Greater London plan for industrial and commercial use?

Mr. Key

I do not know whether that is included as one of the factories here concerned or not.