Lieutenant-Colonel HERBERTasked the President of the Local Government Board what steps the Government pro- 2278W pose to take to see that the railway companies and other employers of labour provide housing accommodation for their workpeople?
§ Major ASTORThere is no provision in law under which railway companies and other employers of labour can be required to provide houses for their employés, and my right hon. Friend does not think it would be practicable to impose such an obligation, but public utility societies, representative of both employers and workpeople, will be encouraged by the offer of financial assistance to provide housing accommodation for workpeople.