§ 18. Mr. J. Griffithsasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the fact that insurance companies are circularising owners of house property urging them to increase the insurance cover for these properties by 25 per cent. or more; and, as these circulars tend to increase the price of vacant houses whether he will take steps to prevent the circulation of these circulars?
§ Mr. E. BrownMy attention has not been specially drawn to the practice to which my hon. Friend refers, nor have I any power to issue directions to insurance companies in the sense suggested. I have, however, no evidence that the practice is having any appreciable effect on the price of houses.