There has been no change in the procedure under which licences for work on farm buildings costing more than £100 are issued by the Ministry of Works. It was recently decided, however, that for simplicity and speed, applications for work costing over £100 on farm houses as well as on farm buildings, which are more closely related to the demands of the agricultural programme than to housing needs, should both be dealt with by the Ministry of Works. The time taken by the Ministry of Works to deal with applications naturally varies with the nature of the case, but I am assured that there is no undue delay in disposing of applications.