§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Health whether he will give directions for 2490W separate records to be kept in his Department of such local authorities as make default in carrying out their duties under any part of the Housing Acts or the Public Health Acts and of the consequent action taken in such cases by the Ministry of Health as the responsible supervisory authority?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYThe cases in which local authorities are formally declared to be in default will be reported in the Annual Report of the Ministry. As regards the ordinary administration of local authorities under the Housing Acts and Public Health Acts, the Department is constantly watching and taking action where necessary and advantageous, but such day-to-day work cannot usefully be made the subject of statistical record.