§ 126. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government approximately how many local authorities have made arrangements for reciprocal consideration of housing applications or have notified him of the need of so doing: how many have now no further land available for house-building purposes; and how many have acquired or are acquiring land for this purpose outside their boundaries.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI am not aware of any such arrangements as are referred to in the first half of the Question, but I understand that most authorities agree to exchanges of tenancies in suitable cases.
As regards the second half, there is, naturally, a scarcity of suitable housing sites in some areas, but without detailed inquiry I cannot give precise figures.