§ 94. Miss RATHBONEasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the importance of securing reliable information as to the extent to which the need for low-rented houses is being met, he will make arrangements that all returns to the Ministry of houses built or projected, whether by local authorities, public utility companies, or private 2288 enterprise shall, in future, include information as to whether the houses are intended to be sold or let and, if the latter, at what rents?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on the 27th instant to my hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone (Mr. Bossom), of which I am sending her a copy.
§ Miss RATHBONEIs the hon. Member aware that owing to the lack of this kind of information local authorities are holding back from building houses without subsidy, when according to a recent reply, they could build at exceptionally low rates of interest?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREI am not aware of that at all.