HC Deb 23 March 1944 vol 398 c1058W
Captain Cox

asked the Minister of Health if work on the housing programmes for the Stalybridge, Dukinfield and Hyde areas can be restarted at an early date.

Mr. Willink

As I have already stated in the House, it is the intention of the Government that house building should be resumed as soon as possible and the scheme for the advance preparation of sites by local authorities, which my Noble Friend the Minister of Works and I have recently initiated, is designed to this end. My hon. and gallant Friend will, however, appreciate that the exact date at which the building of houses can begin must depend on factors over which I have no control.