§ Mr. Collinsasked the Minister of Health if he will arrange with the Service Departments for Nissen huts, as they become redundant, to be offered, in situ, to local authorities for incorporation in their temporary housing schemes.
§ Mr. BevanI shall be ready to consider, in consultation with my hon. Friend the Minister of Works, any proposals submitted by local authorities for the conversion of suitable surplus hostels and camps into temporary dwellings. The use of Nissen huts for this purpose would, however, generally lead to uneconomical use of labour and materials which could be more profitably employed on other housing projects.