§ 29. Mr. KIRKW00Dasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that public authorities are to-day giving compensation to slum owners for the removal of their slums; and whether he proposes to introduce legislation whereby owners of property condemned as unfit for human habitation will be treated on the same basis as purveyors of diseased fruit or meat?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAny compensation paid by local authorities to owners 1897 on the compulsory purchase of slum property included in a clearance scheme is calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Consolidation Act of 1925. In answer to the second part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which was given by the Prime Minister on the 14th instant to a question on this subject by the hon. Member for Hackney Central (Sir R. Gower).