Owing to the very small orders placed with private armament firms, the reduction of plant they have had to put into force does not give them the chance of coping with sudden emergencies in a Building Crisis.

In the Present Building Crisis, and with the present demand problem, it makes sense to improve the existing housing stock.

In this brief debate, I shall draw attention to the Buildings Crisis in the education sector and the Government's persistent cuts in capital allocations and I shall call on the Minister to recognise that there is a growing problem throughout the sector which requires investment rather than cuts.