§ Mr. Charles Smithasked the Minister of Works whether he proposes to take any further steps to review the prices of building materials.
§ Mr. KeyYes. My Department continues to exercise price control in accordance with the principles set out in the statement upon the price control of building materials published last November. In order to assist in this matter I have appointed an independent committee whose terms of reference are
To consider and keep under review the prices of building materials, and to make recommendations.The Chairman of the Committee is Sir William Palmer, and the other members are:—Mr. P. F. Carpenter, Chartered Accountant; Mr. Luke Fawcett, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers; Professor Arnold Plant of the London School of Economics; and Mr. John Ryan, Director of the Metal Box Company, Ltd. The Secretary of the Committee is Mr. D. F. Mann, of the Ministry of Works, Lambeth Bridge House.