§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what proposals Her Majesty's Government have for improving the protection afforded to house purchasers against defects in the quality of materials or work in new houses.
§ Sir K. JosephMy Department and the Ministry of Public Building and Works are represented on the Working Party set up by the National Federation of Building Trades Employers which is studying this subject, including means of securing the participation of all house-building firms in the existing registration scheme. The Government do not exclude the possibility of new legislation, but the need for this, and the 91W form any legislation might take, can best be considered when the Working Party have reported.