§ Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Health if he has received any appeals from the Swanscombe or Bexley Councils respecting the rent-charges still operating on the houses erected under the Addison and Chamberlain schemes; and whether he will co-operate with these councils in the effort to standardise rents in each area?
§ Miss LAWRENCEThese councils have not made any representations to my right hon. Friend in regard to the rents of the houses referred to. Rents of houses provided under the Housing Act of 1919 are fixed in accordance with regulations made under that Act, but the determination of rents under the Housing Act of 1923 is entirely in the hands of the local authorities.