Winter Building Techniques

HC Deb 22 April 1969 vol 782 cc242-3

18. Mr. Kitson

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will make a statement about the use of winter building techniques.

Mr. Mellish

My Department is continuing its campaign to bring home to builders the benefits of using winter building techniques and equipment through films, press articles, lectures and exhibitions. This campaign is backed by research effort to ensure that the information disseminated is fully up to date.

Mr. Kitson

Is not the expansion of winter building hindered by the difficulty of obtaining investment grants for equipment as a result of the present discretionary grant system and the confusion which this causes?

Mr. Mellish

No, that is not true. I know that some individual firms would say this, and I know that there are anomalies with the smaller pieces of equipment which do not qualify. But those firms that have embarked on winter building equipment get the investment grants on a broader base, and they find this an enormous advantage. Many firms are now swinging over to using these modern techniques.