§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the National Council of Building Material Producers urging that United Kingdom public purchasing authorities should use the British Standard for all building materials.
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§ Sir George YoungI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction on 16 July to the Hon. Member for Reading, North (Mr. Durant)-[Vol. 27, c. 495.] The National Council for Building material Producers has given general support to the proposals put forward in the paper to the EDC for building referred to in this reply. It has asked that in developing this initiative account should be taken of the considerable diversity within the building materials industry: the Minister has been able to reassure it that the needs and characteristics of different sectors of the industry would continue to be borne in mind in any future work.