113. Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider allowing county local authorities to go ahead with small building schemes in villages where no houses have been started since the war.
§ Mr. WoodburnFor the reasons given in the recent White Paper on Capital Investment it is essential to concentrate on the rapid completion of the 60,000 unfinished houses already contracted for and new contracts are being approved in the main only for houses for miners and agricultural workers in selected areas.