§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Health those areas in which, as a result of recent legislation, slum-clearance operations have started; and what arrangements in these cases have been made for rehousing the dispossessed tenants temporarily?
Sir H. YOUNGSix hundred and fifty-five orders submitted by 153 local authorities in respect of clearance areas have been confirmed. The actual evacuation of houses and the provision of new houses are ordinarily so timed as to make it unnecessary to provide temporary accommodation.