§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether it is the intention of his Department to arrange for the provision of useful work by the large number of experienced architects who are still without employment; and whether it will be possible to utilise a large number of such individuals on the preparation of plans for the rebuilding and replanning of Great Britain at the conclusion of hostilities?
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§ Mr. MabaneArrangements are made from time to time, as occasion arises, for the employment of additional architects on certain works, but any general extension of architectural activities must be governed at present by a number of factors arising out of the war. When the appropriate methods and machinery for dealing with the reconstruction of town and country after the war, which affect so many issues other than actual building, and with the consideration of which my Noble Friend has been entrusted, have been laid down, he will gladly consider how far the services of architects who are still without employment can be utilised on the preparation of plans for rebuilding and re-planning.