§ 26. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Health whether he can give the number of shopkeepers who have hitherto been dispossessed in this country under clearance schemes; and whether any local authorities operating such schemes have offered compensation to such shopkeepers either by way of cash payment or by the provision of suitable alternative shop accommodation at appropriate rents?
Sir H. YOUNGThe information asked for in the first part of the question is not available. Local authorities have offered compensation to shopkeepers displaced from clearance areas in both the ways mentioned.