§ Mr. Stokesasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that buildings suitable for ordinary living accommodation are being acquired for business premises and the tenants turned out at short notice; and whether he will consider making a regulation restricting such action for at least a period of two years from the termination of the war with Japan, by which time other living accommodation may be available to the tenants.
§ Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the extent to which residential premises are being converted to business use; and when he proposes to make the consent of the local authority essential before such conversion takes place.
§ Mr. BevanI would refer my hon. Friends to the Order in Council adding Regulation 68CA to the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, which was presented to the House on 2nd November. A circular has been sent to local authorities explaining to them how they should administer the Regulation and I am sending each of my hon. Friends a copy.