HC Deb 14 July 1964 vol 698 cc190-1W
36. Mrs. Slater

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action he proposes to take on the report published on 7th July on Housing in Britain, a copy of which has been sent to him.

37. Mr. Lipton

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will now put forward revised proposals to deal with the housing shortage, in the light of the Report of the Town and Country Planning Association on Housing in Britain, a copy of which has been sent to him.

45. Mr. Mackie

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action he proposes to take following the report of the Town and Country Planning Association entitled "Housing in Britain", a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will make a statement.

Sir K. Joseph

The report is based for the most part on published statistics with which I am already familiar. I think hon. Members on both sides of the House will agree, when they have had time to study it, that the Report provides striking confirmation of the soundness of the Government's housing policies and particularly of their target of 400,000 houses a year.

Mrs. Butler

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how far the estimates in the report entitled "Housing in Britain", a copy of which has been sent to him, of the need to increase slum clearance to 190,000 houses a year and to build 500,000 houses a year to meet all housing needs in the next 20 years correspond to his own estimate of housing needs; and if he will make a statement.

Sir K. Joseph

I would refer the hon. Lady to the reply given by me today to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Mrs. Slater).