§ Lieut. - Colonel HILDERasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that builders under the subsidy scheme have refused to let houses when completed, holding them for sale only, the effect being that they are kept empty for long periods, thus nullifying the purpose of' the subsidy, which is to relieve the accommodation shortage, he will consider the advisability of modifying the conditions of the subsidy, so as to make it payable only on the effective occupation of the houses built with the aid of the subsidy?
§ Sir A. MONDI will consider my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion, but, for the reasons which I gave in reply to his previous question on this subject, I doubt whether it is advisable to impose a condition of this kind.