§ 24. Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSONasked the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been called to the fact that, while Section 1 of the Housing (No. 2) Act, 1914, empowers both the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Local Government Board to build houses themselves in default of action by the local authority or a public utility society, the Local Government Board circular of 21st August only speaks of such power as being possessed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries; and if he will take the necessary steps to amend this circular in accordance with the wording of the Act?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Herbert Samuel)For the reasons which I stated to the House on 10th August, on the Second Reading of the Housing (No. 2) Bill, I do not contemplate that the Local Government Board should themselves build houses.