§ Dr. B. Strossasked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a letter from a firm of builders of Stoke-on-Trent, referring to a tender accepted by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council in July, for 78 houses at a total cost of £86,230; whether he is aware that the decision of the builders who separately tendered for this contract, to raise the lowest tender as submitted by the writers of the letter, resulted in the price being increased by £1,400 as compared with the original lowest tender and therefore permanently increased the cost of building houses in Stoke-on-Trent by a further £450,000 for 25,000 houses; and whether he will refuse to sanction this contract.
§ Mr. BevanNo application for approval to acceptance of a tender has yet been made to me by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council. I will bear in mind the points which my hon. Friend has brought to my notice when considering the application as soon as it is submitted.