§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many houses he estimates will not now be built in the county of Dorset in 1968 consequent upon the new Government cuts announced under paragraph 44 of Command Paper No. 3515.
§ Mr. MacCollThe reductions in the planned programme of public authority housing will not affect the level of completions in 1968. This will be determined by the rate at which houses already under construction are finished. It is too early to give any estimate of the number of houses likely to be built in a particular county in 1968.
§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what effect the proposed reduction in approvals of local authority housebuilding will have on local authority house construction in the London Borough of Lambeth.
§ Mr. MacCollUntil we have discussed with local authorities their requirements in the light of the new situation, it is not possible to say what the future programmes of particular local authorities will be. As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in his statement on 16th January, our measures will safeguard the housing priority areas, of which Lambeth is one.