§ Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Health whether the Ministry has placed or is placing any restriction on the use of bricks or stone in house building; and whether there is any restriction on the use of bricks or stone in the erection of warehouses, banks, business premises or factories?
§ Sir K. WOODThe answer to both questions is in the negative, but my right
— Non-Parlour. Parlour. Total. Oldbury Urban District … … … 193 132 325 Stourbridge Borough … … … 68 185 253 *Halesowen Rural District … … … 106 100 206 TOTALS … … … 367 417 784 *This district will be formed into an Urban District on the 1st April next. Grants under the Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919, were paid in respect of the following houses:
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Houses. Oldbury Urban District 72 Stourbridge Borough 13 Halesowen Rural District 50 Total 135 hon. Friend's view is that the building of houses by alternative methods should be considered in all cases where sufficient numbers of brick houses cannot for any reason be supplied.