HC Deb 13 June 1939 vol 348 cc1119-20W
Sir W. Edge

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the speech of the chairman of the Building Societies' Association that the Government's delay in announcing in detail their intentions" about compensation for enemy war damage has had the effect of checking building, investment in houses, and building societies' mortgage business; whether, in view of the need for stimulating building he will reconsider the statements already made with regard to Government policy on war insurance; and when he proposes to introduce the promised relevant legislation?

Sir J. Simon

In answer to the first and third parts of my hon. Friend's question I would refer him to the replies which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South West St. Pancras (Sir G. Mitcheson) on the 20th March and 13th March, respectively, and of which I am sending him copies. In reply to the second part of the question, I cannot add anything to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on 5th June.