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IN the House of Lords on October 7, replying to a quesstion from Viscount Samuel as to when the proposed legislation on town and country planning would be presented to Parliament, Lord Reith repudiated the suggestion that no progress has been made and that departmentalism is still obstructive. Lord Reith stated tnat the Council of Ministers has already produced a Bill which is in an advanced stage and excellent reports have already come from the interdepartmental committee associated with him on reconstruction problems. His statement, however, that as a result the Ministry of Health has appointed regional planning officers for all the regions to deal with problems that might arise and that the Minister of Works and Buildings is himself about to appoint regional authorities for propaganda purposes and to encourage local authorities to establish joint committees where they do not already exist, was much less reassuring from the point of view of the central planning recommended in the Uthwatt report and endorsed from all quarters. Much is being done, however, said Lord Reith, with regard to the preparation of designs, and the supply of materials for post–war use, by standardization, economy of design and the use of alternative materials. He hopes to give an account of such activities and to make a more definite statement later, but assured the House that the need and urgency of the problem is realized and that the Government shares his view that the problems of peace are much more serious than the problems of war.
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Legislation on Town and Country Planning. Nature 148, 464–465 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148464d0
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