§ Lieut.-Colonel CRUDDASasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will state the number of properties affected by the slum-clearance proposals of the Alnwick rural district council in respect of the village of Felton; and what steps are being taken to provide alternative accommodation for the occupiers of the houses involved; (2) how many houses have been built by the Alnwick rural district council in the village of Felton during the past 12 months; and whether any additional building is contemplated by the council in the near future?
§ Sir K. WOODI understand that 35 houses in the village are considered by the Rural District Council to be unfit for human habitation. Of these, 33 have been included in Clearance Orders submitted by the Council to me for confirmation, and a public local Inquiry into the Orders will be held on the 8th December. No houses have been built by the Council in the village during the past 12 months. A site of 4.3 acres is, however, being acquired by the Council, who propose to develop it at once by the erection of 42 houses. My formal consent to the borrowing by the Council of the money to defray the cost of the land has been issued.