§ Mr. RAPERasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the premises at 31, Highbury Grove, Islington, which have been converted into flats by His Majesty's Office of Works on behalf of the London Housing Board with a view to their being transferred to the Islington Borough Council have, on careful inspection by the architect to the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, been found to be very defective in several respects; and whether, as the conversion of this house into flats is supposed to be some contribution towards the provision of additional housing accommodation in Islington, and will serve as an example for local authorities to follow, he will arrange that the work should be satisfactorily completed in order that the council may proceed to let the premises?
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§ Dr. ADDISONI have received a report on this case, and steps are being taken to deal with it and to remedy the defects. I have reason to think that the case is exceptional, and that generally the work is satisfactory.