§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Minister of Reconstruction whether his Department has considered, or will consider, the desirability of supplying building material not only for local authorities but also for private persons desiring to build houses?
§ Dr. ADDISONI have been asked by my right hon. Friend to reply to this question. I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for West Houghton on the 18th instant.
§ Sir ARTHUR FELLasked the President of the Local Government Board if, in preparation for extensive house building next year, he is having stocks of tiles and slates accumulated; and if the brickfields at Peterborough are to be fully worked this summer and an output obtained from them equal to the best years in the past?
§ Dr. ADDISONArrangements are in hand to accumulate supplies of tiles and slates for the housing programme. I am informed by the Ministry of Munitions that every effort is being made to enable the Peterborough brickfields to get into full working order and to increase the output to the utmost capacity of the yards.