§ Mr. Kirbyasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many families, in a town of which he has been informed, have lost their homes by enemy action, and that many small shops have been damaged and are now vacant; and whether he will give the corporation the utmost help in quickly requisitioning such shops and repairing them to such a standard as will make them habitable as temporary war-time homes for these bombed-out families?
§ Miss HorsbrughMy right hon. Friend is aware of the situation in the town referred to. He has recently issued two circulars to local authorities, of which I am sending my hon. Friend copies, which authorises them to requisition unoccupied shops or other premises which can suitably be converted into dwellings for persons inadequately housed, and to effect works of repair, adaptation or conversion at a cost within the limits laid down.