§ Lieut.-Colonel Sharpasked the Minister of Works what progress is being made in 343W establishing a nationally agreed co-ordination of sizes in house building, technically known as dimensional co-ordination.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI would invite the attention of my hon. and gallant Friend to the Second Progress Report of the Standards Committee, "Further Uses of Standards in Building," published by the Stationery Office early this year, which deals with dimensional (or modular) coordination. In view of the conclusion of the committee that complete modular coordination is not a practicable proposition or desirable in the interests of economy, no further action is being taken for the time being by my Department to introduce modular coordination.