§ 27. Miss Irene Wardasked the Minister of Health which of the following local authorities have had allocations of houses which they cannot build: Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry. Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Plymouth. Sheffield, Southampton, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Whitehaven, Wolverhampton. Tynemouth and Whitley Bay.
§ Mr. BevanIt is not possible to obtain information in the form asked for in the Question. Allocations are made to local authorities from time to time and are based upon an estimate of what each local authority is able to build within the resources available. The rate of actual building progress which is made on houses allocated to an authority is one of the factors taken into account when the next allocation is made.
§ Miss WardIn the light of that information, will the right hon. Gentleman consider the advisability, when answering supplementary questions in future, of not trying to bowl "fast ones"?