Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Health what amount of subsidy and what period of loans is being granted to the pair of Nissen houses now erected at Yeovil, in Somerset; and whether he proposes to encourage this form of steel-frame house elsewhere?
§ Sir K. WOODThis experimental pair of Nissen houses has, subject to compliance with the conditions of the Housing Act, 1924, been recognised as eligible for the Exchequer Grant of £9 per annum for 40 years and a loan has been sanctioned for a period of 60 years. My right hon. Friend is prepared, subject to certain minor modifications, to authorise the erection of houses of this type.