HC Deb 03 August 1939 vol 350 cc2669-70W
Mr. Barr

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of houses completed in Scotland with State assistance from 1919 till 30th June, 1939, or the nearest available date, and the total amount of State subsidy paid in respect thereof?

Mr. Colville

254,576 houses were completed in Scotland with State assistance between 1919 and the 30th June, 1939. The total amount of State subsidy paid over the same period was £29,749,016.

Mr. Stephen

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the number of houses which have been completed in the Barrowfield scheme in the Camlachie Parliamentary Division of Glasgow; and the number it is hoped to complete each month until the total of 614 houses are completed?

Mr. Colville

I am informed that the corporation have not yet completed any of the houses. They hope to complete 50 by the end of this year and the remainder at the rate of about 40 a month thereafter.

Mr. Kennedy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has now considered the urgent and repeated representations of Scottish local authorities asking for financial assistance for the reconditioning of houses regarded as suitable for reconditioning, and the provision of a subsidy for the erection of houses for occupation by tenants who do not come within the scope of the provisions of the Housing Acts relating to slum clearance and overcrowding; and with what result?

Mr. Colville

I would refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on the 18th July.