§ Mr. O'CONNORasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the number of cases in various parts of the country in which houses built by local authorities with Government subsidy have been let to tenants of substantial means; and whether, in view of the economic position of the country, he will introduce legislation to provide that in such eases a full economic rent shall be charged to such tenants, which shall include contributions earmarked for return to the national Exchequer towards the amortisation of the original Exchequer subsidy?
Sir H. YOUNGThe reply to both parts of the question is in the negative. The management of houses erected by local authorities is vested in the local authorities themselves. Without new legislation, however, there are various ways of dealing with such cases as my hon. Friend has in mind where on inquiry they are found to exist. Reference is made to this question in the last Annual Report of my Department, and I propose to deal further with the subject in the Annual Report which is now in preparation.