Viscountess ASTORasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Second Scottish National Housing Company have allocated a further 1, 000 steel houses to be built by Lord Weir; whether sites have yet been obtained from any of the Scottish municipalities on which these 1, 000 houses may be erected; and, if so, in which localities?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe Second Scottish National Housing Company (Housing Trust), Limited, have contracted with the Cardonald Housing Corporation, Limited, for a further 542 steel houses. Sites have been obtained for these houses at Springboig in the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire adjacent to Glasgow. These sites were acquired by purchase from private individuals. No sites have been acquired from municipalities.