§ 33. Sir B. Neven-Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has studied the Report of the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee on the provision of houses for owner-occupation 1678 in Scotland; and what action he proposes to take in view of the fact that the majority report states that the State subsidy for housing cannot reasonably be confined to houses to let.
§ Mr. WestwoodI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply which I gave on 12th March to the hon. and gallant Member for West Edinburgh (Lieut.-Commander Hutchison). As I then said, I am not in a position to accept the recommendation of the majority report with regard to subsidy, but I propose to commend to local authorities certain other recommendations designed to assist prospective owner-occupiers in providing new houses.