Major Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Scottish National Housing and Town Planning Council suggested to his Department the necessity for an inquiry into the costs of labour and materials and their distribution in connection with the housing problem; and what was the purport of the reply.
§ Mr. WestwoodThe Council suggested on 7th May that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the manufacture and distribution of building materials for housing, and I replied on 22nd May drawing attention to the committee already appointed by the Minister of Works to inquire into the organisation and method of distribution of building materials and components.