HC Deb 08 July 1931 vol 254 cc2231-4

Resolution reported; That it is expedient— (a) to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of such special contributions, payable annually for a period of forty years, as the Minister of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland, respectively, may, on the recommendation of committees appointed by them with the approval of the Treasury and on such conditions as they may with the like approval determine, undertake to make towards the expenses to be incurred by rural district councils in England in providing houses in agricultural parishes for agricultural workers and persons of substantially the same economic position, and by county councils in Scotland in providing houses for such persons as aforesaid in rural areas; Provided that—

  1. (i) such contributions shall be made only to councils who satisfy the said committees, acting in accordance with such general directions as may be given to them by the Minister or, as the case may be, by the Department, that their 2232 financial resources are insufficient to enable them without such assistance to make adequate provision in regard to the matters, aforesaid;
  2. (ii) the rents to be charged for houses in respect of which such contributions are made shall not, notwithstanding anything in Section three of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, exceed such sums as the Minister and the Department respectively may, in accordance with the recommendations of the said committees, determine; and
  3. (iii) the present capital values of such contributions, as calculated at the dates when the Minister and the Department respectively undertake to make them, shall not in the aggregate exceed, as respects England, eighty ninety-first parts and, as respects Scotland, eleven ninety-first parts of the sum of two million pounds;
(b) to authorise the Minister and the Department respectively to assist rural district councils in England and county councils in Scotland in providing dwelling accommodation in such localities and for such persons as are mentioned in the pre ceding paragraph by themselves acquiring land and erecting houses, or by arranging with some other Government Department to acquire land and erect houses, on behalf and at the expense of those councils; and (c) to make provisions consequential upon, or ancillary to, certain of the matters aforesaid.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."

Captain BOURNE

I want to ask the right hon. Gentleman, as I understand he wishes to take this Bill on Friday, when the text of the Bill will be available to Members'?

The MINISTER of HEALTH (Mr. Arthur Greenwood)

I understand that it will be available early to-morrow afternoon.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill ordered to be brought in upon the said Resolution by Mr. Greenwood, Mr. William Adamson, Mr. Johnston, Miss Lawrence and Mr. Westwood.

    cc2232-3
  1. HOUSING (RURAL AUTHORITIES) BILL, 97 words
    2. cc2233-4
  2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CLERKS) BILL [Lords]. 137 words