§ Sir ASHTON LISTERasked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the Government Department in charge of the national shipyards of Beachley, Gloucestershire, have prepared plans for hundreds of workmen's cottages; whether he is aware that the Government architect who is responsible for these plans estimates the cost of these cottages with only three bedrooms and twelve cottages to the acre at £l,000 each; and whether he will explain why this outlay is proposed to be incurred seeing that the future of these shipyards is most uncertain?
Colonel WILSONI have been asked to reply The numbers of cottages proposed to be constructed under the modified programme were as follows:
As the result of a recent visit, However, the whole matter is being reconsidered. The cost of the cottages is estimated at £800 and not £l,000, and there arc only ten and not twelve houses to the acre.
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