78. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will arrange for the regular publication of a list of the main building materials with indication of the approximate delay in delivery dates in various parts of the country, with a view to making it more possible for those responsible for building to switch from materials which are scarcer than others.
§ Mr. BoydenNo. The information is readily available from producers and merchants, and its central assembly and publication would involve a burden on all concerned out of proportion to the value of the compilation. It would in any case often be out of date before it was published.