§ Mr. Murtonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many houses he expects to be completed in each of the years 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970, giving in each case the total number and the figures for both public and private sectors, respectively.
§ Mr. MellishThe Government intend that by 1970 the rate of housebuilding should reach half a million a year in the United Kingdom. It is too soon to predict the rate of annual increase and 261W the division between the different components of the private and public sectors. The Government have concluded however that by 1970 public authorities should be building somewhere near 250,000 houses a year.