§ Mr. Prittasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the attempts of certain borough councils to demand repayment from persons billeted after being bombed out of their own homes, of the billeting allowances properly and regularly paid in respect of their billeting; and whether he will take steps to stop this practice?
§ Mr. E. BrownLocal authorities have been directed to ask billeted persons in certain circumstances, to repay the whole or part of the cost of their billeting. Repayment is not expected for the first two weeks of billeting and, after that, only to the extent that a wage-earner accommodated with his family, if any, is able to pay for the new accommodation with no greater difficulty than for that previously occupied.