asked the Minister of Works if his attention has been called to the acute shortage of cement in the Herne Bay area; whether he is aware that this shortage is likely to bring the local authority's housing programme to a standstill within the course of a few days; that such a situation might result in a dispersal of the labour force; and whether he will take urgent action to make a supply of cement available to the local authority.

Yes. I am seeing what can be done to give assistance in this case.