§ 55. Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Fuel and Power why he recommended the granting of a licence to the British Electricity Authority to build an office block in Southwark, when the shortage of steel allocated to that district is already holding up the housing programme.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerLast year I gave my support to the granting of a licence by the Minister of Works to a private company for the erection of an office block which was intended to be leased to the British Electricity Authority. My reason was that accommodation must be found for the B.E.A., who are temporarily housed in widely scattered and inadequate buildings, on some of which 267W the leases will soon expire. At that time there was no shortage of steel.