§ Sir R. Glynasked the Minister of Supply whether his attention has been drawn to the condition of some of the new houses erected at Abingdon and Wantage, Berkshire, for persons and their families working at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell; and whether immediate steps can be taken to remedy these defects in the heating and ventilating arrangements so that economies in fuel can be made, and the contractors do this work without expense to the public.
§ Mr. SandysThese houses are fitted with stoves of a standard type which provide space heating for the living rooms, background heating for bedrooms and a supply of hot water. The heating of the living rooms has not proved to be wholly satisfactory and improvements have already been made in the heating of the houses with larger sitting rooms. The Ministry of Works are considering whether further improvements are practicable. The trouble has arisen from imperfections in the heating system which are not the fault of the contractors.