3. Mr. Shawcrossasked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to provide that no rents shall be pay able in respect of working-class dwellings which owing to disrepair, are in a state unfit for human habitation.
§ Mr. BevanLegislation on these lines is not in contemplation. The preferable course, in my view, is to secure, as soon as circumstances allow, the repair of the houses.