§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and 190W Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is aware of recent inventions in relation to the mechanical insertion of an insulated damp course into the outer walls of old buildings after electrical cutting with a consequent substantial reduction in expense and avoiding the necessity of temporary rehousing of the occupants; and whether he will call the attention of local authorities to these inventions.
§ Mr. H. BrookeDetails of this new method are given in a Digest issued by the Building Research Station, and they have already received considerable publicity in the technical Press. Technical officers of local authorities are not likely, therefore, to be unaware of this development, and in these circumstances I do not think that it is a case for special action on my part.