75. Captain CROOKSHANKasked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions that, when a scheme for slum clearance has been adopted the competent authority should publish in the Press or in some other suitable manner the names of the owners of the slum property which has been condemned?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Mr. Shakespeare)Under the Housing Acts (Form of Orders and Notices) Regulations, 1932, a schedule containing the description and situation of the properties included in the Order and the owners, lessees and occupiers (other than tenants for a month or less) is attached to every Order made by a local authority in respect of a clearance area, arid notice of the making of such Order is published in local newspapers. The place where a copy of the Order Call he inspected is stated in the notice.
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREOur object is to get the slums cleared and not particularly to pillory persons who, in the ultimate inquiry, may prove not to be the owners of unfit houses.