§ 70. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to a grievance felt' by certain local authorities who, owing to the bad weather in June, July and August, were unable to complete their house-building schemes with the aid of the subsidy on which their calculations had been based before the reduction of the subsidy at the end of September; and whether he will consider introducing legislation which would enable him to pay the subsidy in full in such cases where the local authority is able to produce evidence of the justice of its claim?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; as regards the latter part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the question asked by the hon. Member for Bristol, East (Mr. W. J. Baker) on the 8th November