§ Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the number of local authorities who are refusing to co-operate in any way with any of the provisions of the 1923 Act; and whether, in view of the anxiety among houseless citizens to build houses for themselves, he can outline any scheme by which central application may be made subject to proposed houses conforming to local by-laws?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI am advised that all local authorities in whose areas serious pressure for houses can be said to exist have already taken some action under the 1923 Act, either directly or by assisting private enterprise. I trust that under the new Housing Bill such action may be widely developed, but I think it undesirable and probably impracticable to deal centrally with individual applications from all parts of the country.