Mr. DAVID DAVIESasked the Minister of Health what are the duties of inspectors employed at the offices of the Housing Commissioners; and whether he is aware that, although the Housing Commissioner for North Wales instructed the Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Urban District Council in June, 1921, not to proceed with the acquisition of land for housing purposes, on 10th December, 1921, the inspector of the Housing Commissioner (Region D) wrote to the council inquiring if one of the sites in question had been acquired by the council, and what was the correct acreage?
§ Sir A. MONDThe duties of inspectors attached to the offices of the regional Housing Commissioners have varied from time to time in accordance with the position of the State-aided housing scheme. They involve at present the inspection of work in progress and duties in connection with the preparation of final accounts of expenditure. The inquiry to which the second part of the question relates was part of a general inquiry which it has been found necessary to make, in order to ascertain precisely the extent of commitments in respect of land which have been incurred by local authorities for housing purposes. I may add that the offices of the Housing Commissioners will be closed as from 31st March.