§ 40. Lieut.-Colonel HURSTasked the Minister of Health whether he will ascertain the number of portable sheds now in the possession of the Government pending disposal; and whether he will consider the expediency of erecting such sheds upon waste land and in parks in urban areas in order to relieve the present dearth of housing accommodation?
§ Dr. ADDISONArrangements have been made so long ago as last September to enable local authorities to acquire Army huts and hostels for temporary housing purposes, and steps have been taken to bring this method of making temporary provision prominently before local authorities. Huts and hostels have thus already been acquired for conversion which provide accommodation for over 3,000 families.
§ Dr. ADDISONIt has nothing in the world to do with it.