Viscountess ASTORasked the President of the Board of Education the terms of reference to the Government Committee on the cost of school buildings; what new types of construction are being examined; how many meetings have been held; and whether the Report will be published?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe terms of 'reference were as follow
To inquire and report as to the construction of school building, with special reference to
- (i) the use of new materials and methods of construction; and
- (ii) the reduction of cost."
I understand that the Committee are at present considering alternative methods of construction in various forms of concrete, wood and steel, and that it has met on seven occasions up to the present. As regards the last part of the question, I hope that their Report, when completed, will be printed and published, but I cannot, of course, give any undertaking at this stage.