§ 35. Miss LAWRENCEasked the Minister of Health how far the miscellaneous economies mentioned in the first paragraph of page 7 of the Memorandum on Reduction of National Expenditure are accounted for by a diminution of subsidies with regard to housing?
The MINISTER OF HEALTH (Mr. Chamberlain)The item of £150,000 in the main represents the amount by which it is estimated that as a result of measures for regulating expenditure taken by local authorities, the expenditure on account of housing subsidies in the year 1932–33 will fall short of the forecast made for that year.