HC Deb 31 January 1984 vol 53 cc204-5W
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the future of house building on the public sector in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Local authority house building is a matter for local authorities to decide in the light of their resources and priorities. The Housing Corporation has been provisioned at a level which will enable it to maintain a new build programme of about 500 units. Newtown is being provisioned for a five-year programme of up to 140 units and Cwmbran has schemes in hand for some 160 new units.