§ Dr. Littleasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the urgent need for houses, he will allocate 1,000 prefabricated houses to the local authorities of County Down.
§ Mr. BevanIt is for the Government of Northern Ireland, with whom my predecessor has been in touch on the subject, to decide whether they wish to discuss the possibility of obtaining temporary houses for erection in Northern Ireland, but I should explain that the temporary houses now on order from manufacturers are no more than sufficient to meet the allocations already made to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.