§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress of extending co-operative housing schemes.
§ Mr. GreenwoodI am very anxious to encourage co-operative housing. Since revised arrangements for co-ownership housing societies were introduced by the Housing Corporation, with my approval, at the beginning of the year, there has been an encouraging acceleration of the rate at which new schemes have been coming forward. 161 projects have now been approved by the Corporation involving over 5,000 dwellings. The Corporation's Annual Report for the year ended 31st March last has been laid before the House today.