§ 28. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the attitude of his Department towards the policy of erecting blocks of tenement dwellings to provide alternative accommodation for those people now crowded into insanitary areas; and whether, if his Department approves the policy, he proposes to recommend its consideration to the different local authorities?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINWhere proposals for clearing insanitary property are approved, it is the practice of my Department to require that provision shall be made for rehousing the persons to be displaced. The precise form of the provision will depend on the circumstances of the particular case. While I think the working classes can generally be housed better in cottages than in blocks of tenements, there are certainly cases in 1405 which it is necessary to adopt the latter form of accommodation, and in such cases the erection of tenements would be sanctioned.