§ 58. Mr. A. M. SAMUELasked the Minister of Health on what date in the near future he proposes to publish the information promised, showing the approximate amount to be raised in England and Wales by local rates for the period 30th 1743 September, 1920, to 31st March, 1921, and the amounts that were raised for the period 30th September, 1913, to 31st March, 1914, giving in each case the amounts attributable to expenditure on housing and education, respectively; whether he will dissect the figures so as to show, among other things, the amounts in the pound of the rates now required by local authorities to meet the current cost of education in addition to Imperial taxation for education; and what, therefore, is the aggregate amount raised, or to be raised, for education by means of Imperial taxation and local rates for the period under review?
§ Dr. ADDISONI hope to be able to present within the next fortnight the paper mentioned in the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on the 21st instant, among other information. It will show for some typical places the amounts in the pound of the rates being raised in the current financial year for purposes of education and certain other services. As regards the last part of the question, I understand from the Board of Education that the information referred to for the present financial year cannot be stated until after the conclusion of the year.
Sir J. D. REESWhy does not the right hon. Gentleman have houses made of concrete, which cost one-third of the price of bricks, occupying a quarter of the time, and would figure much more satisfactorily in these accounts?
§ Dr. ADDISONI wish it did! At present there are 22,000 houses being built, mostly in various forms of concrete, and I am sorry to say they do not cost much less than brick houses. I wish they did.
Mr. J. JONESWould not the right hon. Gentleman undertake to see that cardboard is used in the building of houses for working people?