§ 12. Mr. Grimstonasked the Minister of Health if he will now reconsider has refusal to sanction the expenditure necessary by the Mere and Tisbury Rural District Council for rendering habitable the Manor Road Dairy, Mere.
§ Mr. GrimstonIs the Minister aware that six months ago this place was taken over with the approval of his Ministry as being potentially suitable for housing people who required housing, and that since then permission has been refused to the local authority to do the repairs necessary? Nor has permission been granted to derequisition the premises. Will he take steps to remedy this ridiculous situation?
§ Mr. BevanThe reason for refusing to have the accommodation renovated was that this project was likely to be uneconomical in the use of materials, and would result in sub-standard accommodation. I am not aware that we had, in fact, pressed the local authority to take it over. I will look into it again.