§ 53. Mr. THURTLEasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the hardship suffered by owners of new houses who have with difficulty contrived to find sufficient money to buy houses, when they are confronted with demands from the local authority for the cost of making up the roads in which the houses are situate; and if he is proposing to take any action for relieving owners of new houses of this burden?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)No action is proposed with the object of relieving owners of the entire burden of private street works. The general law provides for an appeal against unreasonable demands of the local authority. When cases of hardship are brought to the notice of my right hon. Friend, he encourages the local authority to spread the burden, if the owners so desire, over a period of years, and he is willing to sanction loans for that purpose.