§ Mr. Manderasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he will publish the correspondence between the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Ministry with regard to consultation and co-opera-ion together with the memorandum submitted by the Institute?
§ Mr. HicksMy Noble Friend has received a memorandum from the Royal Institute of British Architects on post-war reconstruction, and expressed his desire to promote co-operation. I understand that the memorandum has already been published.
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Mr. De la Bèreasked the Minister without Portfolio whether he will consider setting up a special committee under the auspices of the Minister of Works and Buildings for the purpose of planning a new Britain after the war and, in particular, for consideration of such matters as the place of agriculture in the national economy, distribution of industry and the organisation of transport?
§ Mr. GreenwoodThe preparation of plans for the post-war reconstruction of Britain is being undertaken under the auspices of a committee of Ministers of which I am chairman, and all the matters to which my hon. Friend refers will be considered by that committee. As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings stated in the course of the Debate on 19th March, my Noble Friend has invited a consultative panel of experts to assist him in the preparatory work for physical reconstruction.