§ 17. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why there has been a substantial reduction in the number of council houses completed in Cardiff during the past two months.
§ Mr. SandysThe recent decline in the number of completions is, I understand, no more than a temporary fluctuation.
§ Mr. ThomasIs the Minister aware that statements have been issued that we are now getting houses at exactly 50 per cent. of the rate at which we were getting them, and that it looks as though there has been a serious fall in the number of houses made available at Cardiff? What is he going to do about it?
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonNothing at all.
§ Mr. SandysIf the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that this is due to the restriction of allocations, he is quite incorrect. Only a small proportion of the houses allocated to the council this year has as yet been put out to tender.