§ Dr. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Environment in view of the concern of the contracting section of the building industry at the Government's insistence on fixed-price contracts up to two years for tenders, if he will consider reducing this to a period of one year.
§ Mr. AmeryI have nothing to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Down, North (Mr. Kilfedder) on 27th May [Vol. 818, c. 203] but am sending my hon. Friend a copy of my statement of 17th March, 1971, to the National Consultative Council for the Building and Civil Engineering Industries referred to in it.