§ 56. Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the freeze on professional fees for architects, consulting engineers and surveyors is to be made effective, in view of the fact that such fees are calculated as a percentage on building costs.
§ Mr. NottThe standstill applies to the scales of fees of architects, consulting engineers and surveyors, and also in general to the costs underlying the construction services to which these fees are related.
§ 57. Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the freeze on professional fees for solicitors is to be made effective in view of the fact that such fees are calculated on house purchase costs.
§ Mr. NottThe standstill applies in general to fees for solicitors, as to all professional fees. While the Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill does not apply to house prices for the reasons explained to the House on 16th November by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction, the statutory scale of solicitors' charges for conveyancing in England and Wales is being abolished on 1st January, 1973; there is no statutory scale in Scotland.—[Vol. 846, c. 679.]