§ 26. Mr. Shurmerasked the Minister of Works if he is aware that in the city of Birmingham, whilst there are over 20,000 building operatives, only 1,450 are engaged on municipal house building; and, in view of the great housing need in that city, what steps he will take to see that more workers are placed on municipal house building.
§ Mr. KeyI am not aware of any difficulty in finding labour for local authority housing contracts in Birmingham.