Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Health on how many housing schemes of local authorities the system of shuttering invented by Mr. Bendall, to whom the Government awarded last year a prize of £250, has been adopted; and whether its use is being recommended in order to save skilled labour in the future?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI have no information in regard to the first part of my Noble Friend's question. As regards the last part of the question, the erection of houses by methods involving the use of shuttering which save skilled labour is being adopted to a considerable extent in various districts, I have no doubt that the building industry is fully familiar with the advantages of different systems of shuttering, and I do not think that I can give a special recommendation to any particular type.