§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health when work in connection with slum clearance in Paddington will begin; and how many homes will be provided?
Sir H. YOUNGThe London County Council have already declared the Clarendon Street area in Paddington as?an improvement area, from which it is estimated that 176 persons will be displaced. Rehousing will be provided in 40 new dwellings which are in course of erection on the Wormholt Estate, Hammersmith. The borough council have provided eight dwellings to rehouse persons displaced from individual unfit houses demolished or parts of houses closed.