HC Deb 09 October 1940 vol 365 cc379-80W
Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Health whether all owners or agents of empty properties will now be compelled, under statutory penalty, to report immediately full details of such property to the local authority of the area in which it is situated, so that it may be requisitioned, if necessary, for billets; and to reveal saturation point of an area for the use of refugees?

Miss Horsbrugh

No, Sir. My right hon. Friend has no reason to think that the information already possessed by local authorities is insufficient for the purposes which the hon. Member has in mind.