§ 94. Mr. Manningham-Bullerasked the Minister of Health whether he will authorise the granting of a licence to Mr. J. Atlee of Litchborough, Northamptonshire, to erect a small bungalow upon his smallholding.
§ Mr. BevanNo, Sir. I understand that the county agricultural executive committee do not support the application.
§ Mr. Manningham-BullerIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that this Mr. Atlee has not occupied a tied house but lives with his aged mother and small child in a converted hen house, and that this application is strongly supported by the local authority?
§ Mr. BevanThe county agricultural executive committee do not support it. Where they have supported applications of this sort I have given permission for it to be done, but in these circumstances I cannot do so without giving permission for a large number of similar applications in the rest of the country, which would then cause that unbalance of the housing programme about which hon. Members are often so eloquent.
§ Mr. Manningham-BullerMay I take it from what the right hon. Gentleman has said that if the county agricultural executive committee reconsider their decision a licence may be granted?
§ Mr. BevanWhen the county agricultural executive committee have reconsidered their decision, I shall reconsider the application.
§ Mr. ButcherWill the right hon. Gentleman allow me to bring to his attention a case where he refused permission although the application was supported by the county agricultural executive committee?