§ Captain STRICKLANDasked the Minister of Health whether, in the cases of those local authorities who have not been able to complete their housing programme by 31st March, 1938, for the purpose of re-housing those persons displaced from houses dealt with under the Housing Act, 1530, any assurance can be given that they will not suffer financially in a review of the Exchequer contributions required to be made then under the Act?
§ Sir K. WOODI cannot anticipate the Government's decision in this matter, but I can assure my hon. and gallant Friend that when the time comes to review the situation I shall approach the question with a full sense of all the issues involved including the importance to the health services of the country of the completion of the slum clearance campaign.