§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what reply he has sent to the Manchester District Council of the National Union of Railwaymen regarding the resolution they have sent him deploring the number of office blocks and other non-essential buildings under construction in the North-West and requesting that no further planning permission be granted for these until the people living in slums in the area have been rehoused.
§ Mr. CorfieldMy right hon. Friend has told the council that he will do all he reasonably can to promote slum clearance in the North-West, but that prevention of office or other building is not the answer to the problem. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the reply.