§ 36. Mr. ROYDSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the result of his inquiries into the cause of the increase in the number of small houses and cottages in Great Britain having fallen in the year 1910–11 to 10,651, as against increases in the year 1905–6 of 112,838, and in the four succeeding years of an annual average of over 80,000; and, in view of the urgency of the housing problem, what action he proposes to take?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am not yet in a position to add anything to the reply which was given to the hon. Member's question of the 1st instant by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. I am investigating the matter and hope soon to be in a position to give an answer to the hon. Member.