§ 29. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Minister of Health whether he will issue a table showing the proportion of new houses built as compared with the population for each administrative county.
§ Mr. FreemanDo not these figures indicate considerable disparity especially among certain towns in these areas, and does my right hon. Friend propose to take any steps to bring the standard of the worst up to that of the best.
§ Mr. BevanI do not quite understand what my hon. Friend means. There would be a distinction in the number of completed houses which would quite often relate to the differences in the populations, but the local authorities themselves are aware of these distinctions and I hope for healthy emulation from them.