asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that a few firms of quantity surveyors are engaged upon an enormous amount of war work; and whether, as there are thousands of fully qualified quantity surveyors and assistants unemployed, he will take steps, in the public interest, to remedy this state of affairs?

His Majesty's Office of Works are doing much of the large factory construction required by the Ministry of Supply, and I am advised that their practice is to distribute the quantity surveying work among as many firms as possible. Quantity surveying requirements for the smaller factories are recruited as required through the Central Register at the Ministry of Labour.