§ Mr. TURNER-SAMUELSasked the Minister of Health whether, when he outlines his housing scheme, he proposes to take into consideration the question of slum property and the serious lack of sanitary facilities in houses in rural areas such as the Parliamentary division of Barnard Castle, in the county of Durham?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYAs my hon. Friend is aware local authorities have very wide1788W powers for dealing with sanitary defects in houses, and he may rest assured that in framing their housing scheme the Government will give very full consideration to the necessity of replacing unsatisfactory houses.