HC Deb 22 November 1966 vol 736 c258W
Mr. Channon

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now detail the representations made to him by representatives of the building and construction industries in regard to Circular No. 50, 1965.

Mr. Mellish

Builders are generally opposed to the provisions of this circular and have made this clear on numerous occasions. My right hon. Friend has received letters from the Liverpool Regional Federation of Building Trades Employers and the National Federation of Master Painters and Decorators of England and Wales expressing disquiet and seeking clarification. He was also asked by the President of the N.F.B.T.E. at a Conference of Housebuilders on 18th November, 1965, to reconsider the circular and in the course of a discussion on B.B.C. "Panorama" on 27th June, 1966, the President asked him to withdraw it.