§ Mr. CROOM-JOHNSONasked the Minister of Health whether he will inquire as to the number of dwelling-houses of a rateable value of £105 per annum and under in London and £78 and under elsewhere which were demolished in England and Wales during the year 1929 for reasons other than that they were unfit for human habitation; and whether he proposes to take any steps to prevent such demolitions in any district so long as any housing shortage exists in such district?
§ Mr. GREENWOODI do not think that the value of the particulars referred to would be sufficient to justify the labour and expense involved in obtaining them. As regards the last part of the question, I have no statutory power to intervene in general circumstances of this nature, but in considering further proposals on housing, I will bear the matter in mind.