§ 72. Mr. Footasked the Minister of Works the value of the monthly amount of work during 1954 to be permitted under the licensing system in the reconstruction areas of all bombed cities together, excluding the City of London: and what is the value of the amount of monthly work to be permitted in the City of Plymouth.
§ Sir D. EcclesThere are now no financial limits to the amount of work licensed22W in the bombed cities. New projects are licensed as they come forward up to the capacity of the building industry in the area. In many of the cities I shall be able to grant more applications than I have received so far this year. In Plymouth about £1 million will be spent this year on work already licensed or about to be licensed. This is more than twice as much as in 1953. I shall give more licenses as the state of the building industry allows.