§ Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs the number of houses now designated for slum clearance in Cardiff, Swansea, Rhondda, Port Talbot, and Merthy Tydfil, respectively, and the number of houses cleared in those areas in 1958–59 under the slum-clearance scheme.
§ Mr. H. BrookeIt was estimated in 1954 that there were 466, 682, 250, 623, and 1,259 unfit houses in Cardiff, Swansea, Rhondda, Port Talbot and Merthyr Tydfil respectively. Since 1st January, 1955, 309, 250, 81, 121 and 376 houses in these areas have been closed or demolished, the figures for 1958 and 1959 being 88, 206, 77, 46 and 265.