§ Captain TERRELLasked the Minister of Health whether, in connection with the housing proposals of the Government, 742W special attention will be paid to the needs of the rural areas, where villages often require a few houses but not enough to provide a comprehensive scheme: and whether he proposes to consider and investigate representations sent to his Department by local residents who may think that their authorities concerned are not sufficiently alive to existing housing requirements?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe proposed subsidy will be available for rural schemes of the kind which my hon. and gallant Friend has in mind. The Department will give careful consideration to representations as to the need for additional accommodation in any district, but I would suggest that the local residents should, in the first instance, bring pressure to bear on their own local authorities.