§ Mr. Linsteadasked the Minister of Health why 11, Bramcote Road, Putney, belonging to the Cassel Hospital, has stood empty for three years; what attempts have been made to sell it: and why it cannot be turned over to the local authority for housing homeless families.
Mr. lain MacleodThis property is surplus to hospital needs and efforts have been made to dispose of it by auction and otherwise. I should be glad to sell it to any interested authority for a suitable price, but I understand that it is considered to be too costly to adapt for housing homeless families.