§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1) how many additional architects have been appointed by local authorities since he expressed his concern about the standard of design in local authority building on 22nd November, 1960;
(2) if he will list the additions of technical staff to each of the local authorities whose slum clearance figures indicated a substantial long-term programme and whose resources he considered otherwise adequate on 22nd November, 1960.
Dr. HillI do not have this information, since responsibility for recruitment of staff rests entirely with the local authorities. I know, however, that the local authority associations are concerned about the problem of staff shortages and are taking steps to try and find a solution to it.