§ 27. Mr. MABANEasked the Minister of Health how many houses have been built since the enactment of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1933, under the provisions of that Act?
Sir H. YOUNGI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a similar question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Mr. Joel) on the 1st February.
§ 30. Major NATHANasked the Minister of Health the names of the nine rural district councils in England and Wales which have made arrangements with private builders for the erection of working-class dwellings to be let under Section 2 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1933; and also the total number of houses involved in such arrangements?
Sir H. YOUNGThe nine rural district councils to which the hon. and gallant Member refers are Barrow-on-Soar, Cheadle, Congleton, Lichfield, Rotherham, Rugby, Wallingford, Wantage and Winchester, and the number of houses involved is 701.
§ Major NATHANDoes the Minister of Health consider that an adequate contribution to the rural housing problem in its present position?
Sir H. YOUNGMy hon. and gallant Friend will bear in mind that it is not from this particular provision that one expects the largest contribution to the housing problem.