out-buildings. Before making their recommendations the Committee heard a lot of evidence from people and organisations with a wide knowledge of housing and in particular from women's organisations representing the point of view of the working house-wife, and the Committee's plans endeavoured to give effect to mos### of the points to which these bodies attached the greatest importance. 7. The view that the bathroom and main W.C. ought to be upstairs has been strongly impressed on the Ministry over a number of years by those in a positio### to know the views of tenants of council houses and has again been emphasised in the course of recent discussions.