The Burt Committee was a working party set up by the government of the United Kingdom during World War II to provide guidance on the housing shortage.
2-791: The committee had the correct title of the Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction . It was established in September 1942 by the Minister of Health , the Minister of Works and the Secretary of State for Scotland . The committee was briefed to consider which methods and materials would be most cost-effective and efficient for providing houses after war damage in The Blitz and slum clearance had left many homeless. The committee favoured prefabricated housing as
4-593: A solution to the problems, and their recommendations resulted in the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 , which itself resulted in the Emergency Factory Made programme. This article related to the politics of the United Kingdom , or its predecessor or constituent states, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Minister of Health A health minister is
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