HC Deb 25 October 1949 vol 468 cc133-4W
102. Mr. N. Macpherson

asked the Minister of Works what steps he is taking to further the use of Scottish stone for building in Scotland.

Mr. Key

My Department, in association with the Scottish Department and the Scottish Council (Development and Industry), has been examining this matter in considerable detail for some time past. We have collaborated with the Building Materials Committee of the Scottish Council in discussions with the Scottish Quarry Owners Associations, and have recently arranged for the Ministry's Chief Scientific Adviser's Department to make a survey of Scottish stone building with special reference to costs in relation to other forms of building. Building licences are freely granted by my Department for all forms of stone masonry work.