§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Health how many of the 2,393 completed houses mentioned on page three of Command Paper No. 8670, and how many of the 63,465 under construction, were built by private enterprise and private builders, respectively, under contract to the local authority.
§ Mr. BevanWith the exception of a small number of houses which are being built by local authorities by direct labour, all the houses to which the hon. Member refers are being built for local authorities by private builders under contract: houses built by private builders under licence are shown separately in the return.