§ 59. Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Minister of Health the number and names of those cities in Great Britain and Wales where the provision of housing accommodation is on such a scale as to permit the immediate operation of the slum-clearance proposals in the Housing (No. 2) Bill now before the House?
§ Miss LAWRENCEThe operation of the slum clearance proposals obviously 1477 necessitates the provision of alternative accommodation for persons who will be displaced, and will generally involve an extension of the ordinary programme of building which local authorities have in hand. My right hon. Friend has no doubt that local authorities will be able to take effective steps for the removal of slum conditions and the rehousing of the people at an early date after the passing of the Bill now before the House.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEDoes the hon. Lady mean to pass this Bill through Committee without making this information available?