§ 71. Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Health the number and area of suitable sites for the erection of municipal houses which exist within the Borough of Wednesbury; and, if not, will he invite the town council to make a survey with a view to such information being available?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe information asked for is not in my possession, and I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by my requesting the local authority to make a special survey of the kind suggested. The council have a certain amount of land in hand on which they propose to erect houses.
§ 72. Mr. SHORTasked the Minister of Health the nature of the difficulty which has delayed the erection of 30 houses by the Wednesbury Town Council on land situated in Holyhead Road; whether the difficulty has been surmounted; and, if not, what further action does he propose to take to ensure building operations being speedily commenced?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI would draw the hon. Member's attention to my reply to a question asked by him on this subject on the 16th July. Since that date the Corporation have entered into a con tract for the erection of 18 houses on the Holyhead Road site, of which a number has already been commenced. I do not think there is any action which I can usefully take in the matter.
§ Mr. SHORTWould the right hon. Gentleman kindly answer the first part of my question, which he certainly did not answer some weeks ago, as to what was the nature of the difficulty?