HC Deb 21 June 1922 vol 155 cc1325-6W
Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the cost of building houses has fallen from £1,100 per house named in the Geddes Report to under £300 per house and that in the same time the bank rate has fallen 2 per cent., he will consider the possibility of the Government completing their original programme of 500,000 houses without exceeding the annual charge of £10,000,000 per annum named in the Geddes Report?

Sir A. MOND

I cannot usefully add anything to the statement of policy made by me in introducing the Ministry of Health Estimates for the current year. Nor can I share the hon. Member's sanguine anticipation that his suggestion is financially possible.

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