§ Mr. PENNYasked the Minister of Health whether the price of building material is increasing; and, if so, whether, pending the presentation of the Report of the Committee which has been set up to inquire into the subject, he proposes to take any action against those who are unreasonably forcing up prices, and so protect the interests of persons who are erecting houses at the present moment?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first question is that there is no present evidence in my Department of recent increase in prices. In these circumstances the second question does not arise.