§ 21. Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government to what extent he anticipates the housing programme will be affected by the recent diminution in the number of building workers.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI am not aware of any recent decrease in the number of building workers, other than the normal seasonal trend.
§ Mr. HaleIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the appropriate information about the diminution of building workers is available to me in the published reports?
§ Mr. MacmillanThe figure in December, 1950, was 216,000, and in December, 1951, 224,000, and that does not seem to me to be a diminution.