§ 14. Mr. Shinwellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether, in view of the shortfall in housing construction in Peterlee, he will now permit the Easington Rural District Council to build an increased number of houses in the area outside Peterlee.
§ Mr. BrookeI am prepared to consider any proposals the council may decide to put to me.
§ Mr. ShinwellIs not the Minister aware that the council has put its proposal before him on several occasions? Why can he not be prevailed upon to grant permission?
§ Mr. BrookeI do not know what proposal the right hon. Gentleman has in mind. His Question speaks of
the shortfall in housing construction in Peterlee …There has been a shortfall also in house building by the rural district council, which has not built as many houses as it said it would build.