HC Deb 26 January 1967 vol 739 cc373-4W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in Wales are unfit for human habitation.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

About 40,000.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in Wales were built before 1914.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

Roughly 480,000.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in Wales are without bathrooms and indoor toilet facilities, respectively.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

It is estimated that about 190,000 houses are without bathrooms and about 50,000 houses without W.C.s in or attached to the house.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set up a panel to conduct a study into the state of private housing in Wales upon the lines of the Scottish panel which has recently reported.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

I assume that my hon. Friend refers to the Culling-worth report on "Scotlands' Older Houses". A study on somewhat similar lines was made for England and Wales in 1966 by a subcommittee of the Central Housing Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Mrs. Evelyn Dennington, C.B.E., G.L.C., Hon.F.R.I.B.A. Their report, "Our Older Homes. A call for action", is now being studied by my right hon. Friend, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, and myself.