§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that clinker refuse from destructors and electric light works is worked up abroad successfully and cheaply into bricks for building; and whether he will consider this method of relieving the brick shortage and obtaining cheaper houses?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI am aware that good clinker may be used successfully as aggregate for concrete, though it is difficult to form a judgment of relative cheapness of the process without reference to local conditions in the particular case. I have every hope that the brick industry1790W will succeeed in producing sufficient bricks to meet the housing needs, and I shall welcome all action to that end on the part of the industry. Attention will, of course, be given to all promising methods of alternative construction.