HC Deb 11 February 1943 vol 386 cc1418-9
11. Sir Stanley Reed

asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider permitting rural housing authorities to borrow money to acquire, without delay, such sites as will be necessary to ensure an early start on post-war plans for the erection of dwellings for agricultural workers?

The Minister of Health (Mr. Ernest Brown)

I am already considering this matter, and I hope shortly to be able to send a circular to local authorities giving them advice on the action which they should take now in preparation for post-war house-building.

Sir S. Reed

Would the Minister not agree that this is most urgent for post-war reconstruction plans and that it is impossible for a local authority to provide satisfactory planning unless they know well in advance the actual sites which will be used for the purpose?

Mr. Brown

I assure my hon. Friend that I will keep my mind on that matter.

Mr. G. Griffiths

Will the Minister of Health see that when he issues these borrowing powers the interest will not be more than 2½ per cent. on the loans, and not 6 per cent. as in the past?

Viscountess Astor

Will the Minister also see that there is running water in these rural houses, as otherwise it is not worth building them?

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