§ Viscount WOLMERasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the estimated quantity of bricks required for the building of 300,000 houses after the War; and whether he can state their cost or the price the Government would be prepared to allow for them?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am asked by my right hon. Friend to reply to this question. I understand that the quantity of bricks required for the building of 300,000 houses is estimated at approximately 6,000,000,000. It is, however, obvious that in any estimate which may be made, there are a good many variable factors, as, for example, the consideration of alternative methods of construction. With regard to the latter part of the question, it is not possible, under existing conditions, to give a reliable estimate of post-war prices.