§ Mr. BRACEasked the President of the Local Government Board if he will give a list of the local authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire in respect of which representations of being in default under the Housing and Town Planning Act have been made by the county councils or other agencies; and what action has been taken by the Board in each case, and with what result?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe names of the districts in Wales and Monmouthshire in regard to which formal complaints have been made to the Local Government Board under Section 10 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, are the boroughs of Tenby, Wrexham, Swansea, and Brecon, the urban districts of Blaenavon, Connah's Quay, and Bedwas and Machen, and the rural districts of Wrexham, Narberth, 2127W Gwyrfai, Hawarden, and Edeyrnion. As regards eight of these twelve cases the Board have held public local inquiries into the complaints. In one of the remaining four cases a conference has taken place between the council and one of the Board's inspectors. In another case it has become unnecessary to pursue the matter as the reason for the complaint no longer exists. In the other two cases the council are considering the question of providing houses, and inquiries into the complaints will probably be unnecessary. Out of the twelve cases formal application has been made to the Board for sanction to loans for the erection of houses in three cases; the councils have agreed to provide houses in two other cases, and are definitely considering the provision of houses in four more cases. In one case, as previously stated, it is unnecessary to take further action, and in the remaining two cases the Board have not yet received the reports of their inspectors on the local inquiries.