§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works the quantity of steel required in the Portal house; the price of that quantity of fashioned steel in 1939 and the present or proposed price of this steel; and similar information regarding other material required for the Portal house.
§ Mr. HicksThe quantity of steel required, including the shed, is 5¾ tons. The 1939 price of the sheet steel was £18 2s. 6d. per ton; the controlled price is now £24 15s. The prices of steel for the emergency house will be specially negotiated. The present price of imported timber is £45 per standard, which is about 150 per cent. above the 1939 price.
§ Mr. Hyndasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works why it is considered impractical to grant the request of the Sheffield City Council for the erection of a model Portal house in that city, having regard to the housing situation there.
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§ Mr. HicksAs already announced, a model is to be erected in each of the Regions; the locations will be settled by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health, including that for the North East Region.