§ 2. Mr. Sparksasked the Minister of Health if he will take steps to enable local authorities, in areas where the housing problem is acute, to enforce the vacation of housing accommodation occupied for business and storage purposes prior to 1943.
§ Mr. BevanIt is hardly practicable to take general action of this kind, but if my hon. Friend will let me have details of any particular cases he has in mind, I will look into them.
§ Mr. SparksIs the Minister aware that many vacant residential properties were used in the early stages of the war by business firms for office and other accommodation, and that if they were so used before 1943 local authorities, in many cases, have no power to compel their vacation?