§ Mr. Armstrongasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state, for the year ended 31st March, 1965, in respect of development districts in the North-East, the number of applications for grants for the improvement of basic services under Section 7 of the Local Employment Act 1960, and the number and cost of those approved, rejected and still under consideration.
§ Mr. MacCollThe information on improvement of water supplies and sewerage is as follows:
wishing to buy homes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CrossmanAs I said in debate on 29th April, plans for facilitating private house purchase are in preparation and will be ready for discussion with representative interests before the end of the summer. After taking account of these discussions they will be published and appropriate legislation introduced in the next Session of Parliament.