§ 13. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received the report of the inquiry into the National Building Agency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AmeryThe Department has completed its examination of the current work of the National Building Agency. I am now studying its report.
§ Mrs. ShortIn view of the valuable work which the National Building Agency has done in developing new house designs and helping both the industry and local authorities, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman for an undertaking not to reduce the grant in aid which the N.B.A. receives, but instead to encourage it to develop its work for, in particular, local authorities?
§ Mr. AmeryI agree that the N.B.A. has done very valuable work in the past. What I am concerned with now is to discover what work it can and should do in future, both on its private account and for the Government; and I am not yet in a position to make a statement about this.