Miss LEEasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of condemned houses in Lanarkshire which continue to be inhabited: how many slum-clearance houses are now being built to take their place; and the latest date on which closing orders for the old houses will be issued?
Mr. W. ADAMSONAccording to the statement furnished by the county council of Lanark in terms of Section 22 of 1621W the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1930, the number of houses required to replace houses that are unfit for human habitation is 1,250, and the county council propose to provide that number within the next three years. Up to date, tenders for the erection of 370 houses under the provisions of the above Act have been approved by the Department of Health for Scotland. As regards the last part of the question, I am informed that the practice of the county council is to make the closing orders or demolition orders so soon as the new houses, which are to accommodate the families that will be displaced, are approaching completion.