§ 92. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware of the hardship caused to owner-occupiers whose homes have been taken from them through the operation of clearance and other orders; and if he will introduce legislation to amend the Second Schedule to the Housing Act, 1957, in such a way as to give full market value of a house to the owner-occupier when his house is taken away for any reason under any of the various Orders or Acts of Parliament.
§ Mr. H. BrookeMuch has been done to reduce hardship to owner-occupiers by the special provision made in 1956 for the payment of full compulsory purchase value for unfit houses bought between 1939 and 1955, and by the substantially increased scale of payments for good maintenance introduced in the same year. In addition, the Town and Country Planning Act which became law last week contains provision for a minimum payment to all occupiers equal to the annual gross value of the property; I have no further legislation in mind at present.