§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the establishment at Slough by Messrs. Citroen Cars, Limited, of 500,000 square feet of covered workshops, in which some thousands of workmen are to be employed, and to the fact that the consequent housing problem is still under consideration; and whether he will consider the desirability of securing powers to impose on employers opening new factories in the future the duty from the first of showing how the housing needs of their employés will be met?
§ Sir K. WOODMy right hon. Friend's attention has been drawn to a Press reference to this matter. Whilst my right hon. Friend is anxious by all means at his disposal to facilitate the provision of housing accommodation for the employés of new undertakings, he does not think that it would be practicable to introduce legislation making it compulsory for employers to provide such accommodation. I may add that a number of firms have already made provision for the housing of their employés.