§ Sir R. GLYNasked the Minister of Health whether any decision has yet been given as to what is the position of an occupier of property adjoining another property which has been condemned and pulled down as the result of a demolition order in which process the dividing wall has been damaged; and who is to be liable for making good such damage, the local authority or the owner whose property was subject to a demolition order?
§ Sir K. WOODThe duty to pull down a house which is the subject of a demolition order rests primarily with the owner of the house. I am advised that his obligations in this matter towards the owner of adjoining property would depend on the particular circumstances but that, in any case, the local authority are not, by reason of having made a demolition order, liable to make good any damage that may result from the pulling down of the house.