§ Mr. Kirbyasked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in order to assist in reducing existing heavy unemployment in the City of Liverpool, his Department will bring forward any new works, extensions, or improvements contemplated as necessary in that area in the next five years?
§ Sir P. SassoonI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to a similar question asked by him on 1st December, 1938. The pressure upon my Department of the Defence works programme, present and804W prospective, is so heavy that I cannot contemplate any present expansion of the existing civil building programme.