§ Mr. W. BENNETTasked the Minister of Health how many public inquiries have been demanded under the Housing Acts of 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928, and how many have been granted?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThere ate no Housing Acts of 1926, 1927 or 1928, except the Housing (Rural Workers) Act of 1926, which contains no special provisions for public inquiries. The power 1069W given to the Minister of Health to hold public local inquiries in connection with housing matters is derived from Section 116 of the Housing Act, 1925, but I am not aware of any authority to demand such an inquiry. I have no record of the actual number of requests made for public local inquiries, but the number held in connection with various matters under the Act of 1925 since the Act came into operation is 285.