§ 18. Sir ALFRED YEOasked the Minister of Health whether any schemes for the provision of working-class houses or the restoration of those demolished by air raids have been put forward by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar; if so, what progress has been made towards carrying out the schemes and when such schemes were submitted?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe late Borough Council have submitted four schemes for the erection of houses. Three of these schemes involve the use of small sites which have been partly developed; two of these sites have been approved, and the plans for the houses have been prepared. The fourth scheme is one fur the building of some 116 houses; the site and plans of the lay-out and houses have been approved, and I undertsand that work on the site has already begun.