§ 107. Mr. Osborneasked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that the Ministry of Aircraft Production huts on the Braun-stone Estate, Leicester, have leaking roofs and doors; that there is no road lighting, no made roads, no fencing and no drainage for rain water; that the huts are damp and are causing unnecessary disease and suffering; that correspondence with his Department for the past 12 months has produced no satisfactory results; and what steps he now proposes to take to rectify this.
§ Mr. WilmotThe bungalows are maintained by Blaby Rural District Council and were inspected last month. They have recently been repaired and are reported to be in a satisfactory condition, except for some of the doors, which will be replaced as soon as new ones can be obtained. Roads are not normally made up on temporary wartime estates and it is not possible to provide fencing, owing to the shortage of labour and materials. Arrangements are in hand to provide street lighting, and I am advised that the drainage system is working satisfactorily.