Orders of the Day — Housing Shortage

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 October 1945.

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Lieut.-Colonel Dower:

The suggestion I made was not that a firm estimate should be given in the case of a bomb-damaged building, but that there should be fixed a fee or profit which the builder would get on doing the job. He would then get the cost, which he had not been able to estimate, and he would get a fixed fee, and this fixed fee would be an incentive to him to finish the job quickly and get on with another job.