HC Deb 21 February 1924 vol 169 c2018W
Lieut.-Colonel RUDKIN

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of houses in the neighbourhood of Midhurst, Sussex; that many members of the National Union of Railwaymen are at this moment threatened with eviction; and whether he will take steps to remedy this evil?

Mr. WHEATLEY

I am aware of the need for houses in the district in question. I was not aware of the particular cases referred to in the second part of the question, but I may point out that 85 houses have already been erected in the rural district with assistance from the Government under the Acts of 1919, arid I have approved a scheme for the erection of further houses under the Act of 1923.