§ 105. Mr. Piratinasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Kensington Borough Council, of which a copy has been sent to him, to demand rents from council dwellings as high as three guineas per week for five rooms and £1 15s. 6d. for three rooms; and, in view of the impossibility of many working-class families in need of a home being able to pay such rents, whether he will introduce legislation to give him power to reduce rents fixed by local authorities.
§ Mr. BevanI understand that the rents mentioned relate to particular estates and include rates and in one case central heating and hot water. I have no intention of introducing legislation such as the hon. Member suggests.