§ 102. Mr. J. Harrisonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why he has reduced the house building allocation to the Nottingham City Corpora- 96W tion to 900 for the year, in view of the fact that Nottingham built 1,568 last year and have a waiting list of 11,000; and why he told the corporation that if they applied for permission to build more he could not guarantee to grant the application.
§ Mr. SandysThe figures quoted by the hon. Member do not seem to take into account that, at the turn of the year, Nottingham City Council had nearly 2,000 houses in hand.