§ 78. Mr. Mainwaringasked the President of the Board of Trade, having regard to the lack of suitable houses in Rhondda and to consequent difficulties facing manufacturers in taking over factories allotted to them will he, without delay, operate the powers vested in his Department and have houses built for key workers.
§ Mr. BottomleyThe Board of Trade are already taking steps to provide sufficient key-workers' houses of the managerial type to meet known approved requirements. As my hon. Friend is aware, non-managerial type houses are made available by local authorities from their current programme and good numbers have already been allocated and occupied in the Rhondda. We consider it is in the best interests of all concerned that this arrangement should continue, and hope that action now being taken to extend the local housing programme 29W will result in the outstanding needs for key-workers' houses being met without undue delay.