BUILDING BILL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 6 October 1933, Page 2

BUILDING BILL

MEASURE TO BE INTRODUCED

Per Press Association. >•; WELLINGTON, Oct.pS. ; “I would have had this Bill put on the Statute Book last session had it not been for the opposition of the'architects,” remarked Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes to-day, when a deputation representing civil engineers, architects and scientific workers requested that the Building Construction Bill should be proceeded with. *-• After the Napier earthquake, lie said, he was impressed with the necessity of doing something and had appointed a committee, which .had brought down a valuable report. He had proposed to proceed with the legislation, but had found the organisation against the measure so strong that the Government had not been able to proceed with the Bill. He was pleased to know that the differences had now been overcome. He would not say the Bill had been perfect, but the Government was quite willing to. meet the interested parties and make amendments. If another disaster occurred, and no provision were made, the Government would be held open to blame for not having done something. He would be pleased to go into the matter of the Bill with the Minister of Public Works and they would see what could be done. He would give an undertaking that the Bill would be placed before Parliament and that Parliament would be given an opportunity of dealing with it.