§ Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that an application 1348W for financial assistance was made recently to the Alnwick Rural District Council to help in the erection of 60 houses which are urgently required for occupation by colliery workers; that this was considered by the Council's Housing Committee, specially formed for dealing with these matters, which decided to recommend the rural district council to provide the necessary assistance, and that, when the question was referred to the full council, the committee's recommendation was overruled and the necessary financial assistance refused; and whether he will consider the advisability of reintroducing Section 5 of the 1919 Act which would enable him to deal directly with the housing needs in eases where councils refuse to operate under the Housing, etc., Acts?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI am not aware of the circumstances referred to in the first two parts of the question—Section 5 of the Act of 1919 is still in force, but I do not think it would enable me to deal with the particular case described by the hon. Member.