§ Mr. Grahamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to the letter of the Under-Secretary 100W of State to the hon. Member for Edmonton, dated 13 April, if he will issue a statement correcting those parts of the account of the Minister's speech to the building material producers which were reported in Building Design,and which the Minister considers irresponsible and damaging; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe article inBuilding Design said that I had criticised British building component manufacturers for making poor quality products. The hon. Gentleman will have seen from the text of my speech, which I sent him, that this suggestion was quite without foundation. I was arguing for the development of a range of higher British Standards to cope with the greater wear and tear in public buildings.