§ 33. Mr. WELLOCKasked the Minister of Health if he can give any instances of local authorities which have realised reductions of £50 or more in the price of houses of the same or similar type within the last two-and-a-half years?
§ Sir K. WOODYes, Sir. I quote as examples the following areas:
In these cases the prices of houses in contracts let during the spring of this year showed reductions varying from £71 11 to £134 per house as compared with contracts let by the same authorities for houses of the same size, or approximately the same size, in 1926.
- Croydon County Borough Council.
- Derby County Borough Council.
- Manchester County Borough Council.
- Newcastle County Borough Council.
- Nottingham County Borough Council.
- Skipton Urban District Council.
- Chelmsford Rural District Council.