HC Deb 20 June 1967 vol 748 c211W
58. Mr. Roebuck

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will make a statement about the rate of housebuilding.

Mr. Greenwood

In the first four months of the year 158,000 houses were started in Great Britain compared with 120,000 over the same period in 1966, and 120,000 houses were completed compared with 117,000. At the end of the period 472,000 houses were under construction, compared with 447,000 a year earlier.

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