§ 40. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that in order to keep pace with rising building costs and in an effort to provide flats at rentals working-class families can afford, local authorities are having to replan many of their housing schemes, thus involving further loss of time and a considerable reduction in standards; and what action it is proposed to take to help solve this problem.
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§ Mr. Bevan. Building costs are not rising but I am aware of cases in which local authorities have found their original proposals unduly expensive: it is my policy to give them every assistance so as to combine economy in building costs with the maintenance of proper standards of construction and accommodation.