HC Deb 23 May 1950 vol 475 cc1831-2
25 and 26. Mr. Braine

asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning (1) what proportion of the houses to be erected this year by the Basildon Development Corporation will be allotted for housing families living within the area designated for the new town and on the waiting list of the Billericay Urban District Council;

(2) what proportion of the houses to be erected this year by the Basildon Development Corporation will be allotted for sale to owner occupiers.

Mr. Dalton

Allocation of new houses is a matter for the development corporation and not for me. But I am glad to hear that a high priority will be given to building trade workers and to workers in new factories. No houses built this year will be for sale.

Mr. Braine

But how does the Minister reconcile that answer with the repeated assurances that he and his predecessor have given that the new town will benefit the 25,000 people already living in the area?

Mr. Dalton

There is no conflict at all between my answer and that statement.