§ Captain Marplesasked the Minister of Health how many houses for temporary homes have been completed and are lying idle due to non-delivery of the prefabricated houses; and what steps he is taking to remedy the position.
§ Mr. BevanAt 13th December sites for 67,668 temporary houses had been handed over by local authorities in England and Wales to the Ministry of Works for the construction of foundations. Foundations had been completed on sites for 33,067 houses and 18,808 houses had been begun. The rate of delivery of temporary houses from the factories has now much improved and we are beginning to overtake this lag.