§ Mr. LANE-FOXasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many local authorities are finding difficulty in raising locally any but short-dated loans for their housing schemes; and whether, under the circumstances, he will press for the relaxation of the Treasury Regulations refusing sanction to loans of less than twenty years?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am aware that some local authorities find it difficult to raise long term loans for housing. The question of the conditions under which housing loans should be raised is now being considered by a Committee appointed by the Treasury.