§ 61. Mr. BARKERasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Abertillery 2340 Urban District Council view with grave apprehension the Government proposals for assisting housing schemes; that assistance should extend to the full time of the loan period; and that a flat-rate grant of £6 per house is quite inadequate to meet the case of necessitous areas already heavily burdened with debt; and will he give special consideration to the needs of these areas?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI have received a communication on the lines stated by the hon. Member. The objections to differentiation in the subsidy have already been pointed out in the Debate on the Second Reading of the Housing Bill.
§ Mr. BARKERAre we to understand that there is to be no discrimination whatever between the necessitous areas with large debts and other areas that have had no unemployment and have, therefore, incurred no debts?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThat is a question to be debated on the Bill.