§ Mr. Abseasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether, in order to check prevailing land speculation in South Wales, he will approve no further direct advances to housing associations in the area; and whether he will approve only such advances as are made by local authorities whose representatives shall have a majority of members upon the committee of management of the appropriate housing association.
§ Sir K. JosephI do not accept the suggestion that housing association schemes in South Wales, directly financed under Section 7 of the Housing Act, 1961, involve land speculation: the first part of the Question does not therefore arise. The answer to the second part of the Question is "No".