HC Deb 11 July 1973 vol 859 c365W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will draw up plans designed to divert essential building resources away from non-important luxury developments into the public housing development sector.

Mr. Channon

The best way to deal with the situation in which there are heavy demands on the building industry as at present is to improve the supply of scarce resources, especially skilled labour, rather than arbitrarily to discriminate against private housing or other forms of building.