§ Mr. WALKERasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that over £1,000,000 worth of foreign door and window frames was imported in each of the last three years, he will now reconsider the previous decision and take steps to institute some system of bulk-tendering for British steel door and window frames for use in local authorities' housing schemes?
Local Authority. Number of houses completed between 1st January, 1919, and 31st March, 1931, under the— Total. Local Authority. Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919. Housing, etc., Act, 1923. Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924. Housing Act, 1930. Pontefract T.C. … 316 34 332 — 682 Goole U.D.C. … 47 53 274 — 374 Knottingley U.D.C. … 42 — 48 — 90 Castleford U.D.C. … 35 — — — 35