60. Miss Rathboneasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that some residents in Freta Road, Bexley Heath, have objected to the building of a block of several-storied flats on the site of 18, Freta Road, on the ground that the proposed flats have not fireproof floors and that the outside staircase proposed reaches only to the second storey; whether he is satisfied that the proposed plans fulfil all the necessary requirements of the relevant Acts; and what protection will still be afforded to the objectors?
§ Sir K. WoodThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The erection of new buildings is controlled by by-laws which are made and enforced by the local authority. If it is alleged that this building contravenes the by-laws, the matter is one for the 3306 courts, and is not one in which I have any jurisdiction. The position has been fully explained to the objector in correspondence and at interviews with my Department.