§ Brigadier Raynerasked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that, under present conditions, it is necessary for local authorities to include in the weekly total amount which they can authorise for building repairs the sums necessary for works undertaken on the statutory notices and also electrical work which has to be carried out on the statutory directions of the electricity undertakings; and whether, in view of the serious inroads which these sums make in the weekly total, he will reorganise the procedure in the near future.
§ Mr. KeyI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to my answer to his Question on 30th June. The weekly totals to which he refers represents all the repair work that the local authorities can authorise with the available supply of labour and materials, and I do not think that any change in procedure would reduce the proportion that has to be assigned to work under statutory notices or statutory directions.