HC Deb 24 June 1948 vol 452 cc1545-6
29. Mr. Peter Freeman

asked 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. Bevan

I would refer my hon. Friend to Appendix B to the monthly housing returns.

Mr. Freeman

Do 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. Bevan

I 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.

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