§ Mr. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that unemployment in the building industry has doubled to 54,000, since 1956, that 40,000 men have left the industry, house building is down by 12 per cent. and industrial building orders fell by £40 million: and what action he proposes to take to arrest this growth in unemployment in the building industry.
Mr. AmoryI should expect activity in many industries, including building, to benefit from the successive steps which the Government has taken in recent months to encourage investment.