§ Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his long-term forecasts agree with the annual report of the National Federation of Building Trade Employers, a copy of which is in his possession, that housebuilding as a proportion of the overall construction programme is likely to decline in the 1970's.
§ Mr. AmeryLong-term forecasts are necessarily tentative and I cannot at present predict the effect of the changes in housing policy which are now under consideration.
§ Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to arrest the decline in system-built housing in the public sector.
§ Mr. AmeryIt is for local authorities themselves to decide whether or not to use industrialised building systems. I hope, however, that local authorities will take into account the advantages which system building can offer when considering new housing schemes.