§ Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazonasked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence what machinery exists for priority of the supply of raw material, and to what extent such priority is given in regard to supplies required for buildings?
§ Mr. Wraggasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the stoppage of building that must occur if the grave shortage of supplementary raw material continues, he can state what steps the Government proposes to take to meet the unemployment problem that must arise in the building and dependent trades?
§ Sir T. InskipArrangements exist in the Committee of Imperial Defence by which questions of priority as between Government Departments can be settled in regard to the supplies referred to in the questions. Discussions are, moreover, pending or in progress with representatives of the building industry as to the whole position in regard to the supply of both labour and materials in the industry.