Mr. SIMONasked the Minister of Health whether he will give full particulars of the houses built by local authorities in rural areas and referred to on page 79 of the annual report of the Ministry of Health as being let at rents as low as 2s. 6d. or 3s. 6d. a week; and whether he will give the cost and the floor area of such houses?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe appended statement gives the information asked" for by the hon. Member.
276 are devoted to the whole subject of housing and slum clearance; and whether, in view of the inadequacy of this report, he will publish a special supplementary report on housing, showing what 1079W progress is being made in the country as a whole to meet the need for the housing of the working classes, what types of houses are being built, with typical costs and rents, and other information necessary to enable the public to appreciate how far the housing needs of the country are being met?
§ Mr. GREENWOODI am prepared to consider the hon. Member's suggestion, while dissociating myself from the strictures which he passes on my annual report for the present year.