HC Deb 20 July 1931 vol 255 cc1073-4W
Mr. MILLS

asked the Minister of Health if he has now considered the steps to be taken in conjunction with the Bexley Council, to deal with the hutments at Welling; and whether, in view of the continued policy of eviction of tenants and sale of these hutments, he will consider their inclusion in a progressive demolition and replacement scheme, as was undertaken by the Dudley Corporation?

Miss LAWRENCE

My right hon. Friend is afraid that my hon. Friend is under some misapprehension. The hutments to which he refers at Dudley belong to the corporation of Dudley and that corporation as landlord is able to proceed on the policy he mentions. The hutments at Welling do not belong to the urban district council of Bexley. The question what action can be taken by the district council in relation to them is receiving the active consideration of the council.