§ 42. Mr. Denis Howellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware that the overcrowding of houses let in lodgings continues to get worse and that local authorities can only deal with the problems which arise by having the powers to compel the registration of these houses before they are let in lodgings, and the right to en force standards regarding the numbers of lodgers and the amount of sanitary provisions in respect of each such house; and if he will therefore introduce amending legislation to implement, with out delay, legislation already on the Statute Book but not due to be implemented before 1965.
§ Mr. RipponThis was very thoroughly discussed in last year's debates on the Housing Act of 1961. The urgent need is to tackle the bad cases already known, not to draw up lists.