HC Deb 15 February 1945 vol 408 cc406-7W
Mr. De Chair

asked the Minister of Health whether the specific recommendation of the Scott Report that all new cottages in rural districts should be built wired for electricity, whether or not the supply is at present available, is being complied with.

Mr. Willink

Some of the war-time agricultural cottages were wired in advance for electricity where it was reasonably likely that a supply would be available in the not too distant future. It is the Government's intention that new council cottages in rural areas should be built so far as possible in or near existing villages where public services are more readily available.