§ Mr. Denis Howellasked the Minister of Health if he will give the number of patient beds at present in occupation, the number of qualified and student nursing staff and the ratio of trained and student nursing staff to patients on night duty at each of the following hospitals, that is to say, All Saints, Birmingham, Central Hutton, Coventry, Dudley Road, Birmingham, General, Birmingham, Hollymow, Birmingham, Little Bromwich, Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham, Rubery, Birmingham, St. Margaret's Birmingham, Selly Oak, Birmingham, Shalton, Shrewsbury, Summerfield, Birmingham, Warwick, Guy's Hospital, St. Mary's St. Thomas's, and Westminster.
§ Mr. BarberThe information is as follows:
industrial cities local authority house building is hampered by Her Majesty's Government's policy of high interest rates and reduced subsidies, whether he will review this situation; and what action he proposes to take to remedy it.
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§ Sir K. JosephMy information is that both in London and in the large industrial cities with serious housing problems substantially more houses have been started or approved this year than last. The Government have said they will be prepared to see that local authorities receive whatever subsidy they need to carry through their housing responsibilities; and they have begun a review of the whole field of housing subsidies with the local authority associations.