§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the progress of the Committee on Construction Statistics; and when it is expected to 188W provide a report designed to reduce the number of man hours spent by contractors in filling up Government forms.
§ Mr. AmeryThe Standing Consultative Committee on Statistics of the National Consultative Council for the Building and Civil Engineering Industries has the task of keeping under review matters concerning the collection, interpretation and presentation of construction statistics. At its next meeting at the end of May it will discuss reports of two working groups on measurement of construction output and on output price indices. The Committee will also receive a progress report on the detailed work being undertaken in an attempt to improve the design of the forms sent by my Department to the construction industry and to reduce their number.