§ 34. Mr. CHARLES EDWARDSasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has received a protest from a conference of the trade unionists of Monmouthshire against the rents charged for the houses recently built by the Government at Chepstow; whether 14s. 6d. per week is being charged there for five-room cottages; and whether he can take action so that the rents of these cottages can be brought down to a figure that will not exceed the rents charged for similar accommodation in other industrial parts of the county of Monmouth?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Leslie Wilson)I have been asked to reply to this question. The answer to the first part is in the affirmative. The rents charged at present are:
The question whether such rents are reasonable under present circumstances is a matter of opinion, but the whole question is now being looked into.
- "A" type house, 5 rooms, 8s. 6d. per week.
- "B" type house (small), 6 rooms, 13s. 6d. per week.
- "B" type house (large), 6 rooms, 14s. 6d. per week.