38 and 39. Brigadier Clarkeasked the Minister of Works (1) what consultations he had with the Admiralty before granting an allocation of steel for the building of the Royal Sailors' Home and Club;
(2) why steel was allotted out of Admiralty allocations for the building of the Royal Sailors' Home and Club, Portsmouth, when there was insufficient money available to complete the club.
§ Mr. BirchIn 1949, 75 tons of steel per quarter were granted out of the steel allocation for civil building, after consultation with the Admiralty.
Brigadier ClarkeDoes my right hon. Friend realise that these two Questions were originally put down to the Admiralty, whose responsibility, in my opinion, they are; and, further, that this steel was allocated out of an Admiralty allocation for other purposes during six years of Socialism?