HC Deb 10 November 1938 vol 341 c316W
Mr. Gledhill

asked the Minister of Health whether, in order to remove the present hardship to property owners, he will reconsider the question of compensation for property demolished under the 1930 Act?

Mr. Elliot

As my hon. Friend is aware, Parliament has, on several occasions, affirmed the principle that the proper basis of compensation for houses unfit for human habitation is site value and this decision was again endorsed after full discussion during the passage of the Housing Bill of 1935. On that occasion certain amendments of the law were made with a view to mitigating hardship. I do not, as at present advised, contemplate further amendment of the law.