Housing Campaign
Later in the war, Robertson pressed for faster repair of bomb-damaged housing in London, and called for the appointment of a "restless dynamic driver" such as Lord Beaverbrook, rather than the lawyer (Sir Malcolm Eve) who had been appointed. He returned to the subject after the war, complaining in July 1946 that not one house in Streatham had been repaired. However, during the Parliament his main contributions to debate were on the subject of food and especially fishing. Robertson was given a Knighthood in 1945.
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