Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent estimate he has made of the numbers of houses in Glasgow which are unfit for human habitation or which are unsuitabe for improvement or repair.
§ Mr. RossI have no later estimate than that given in paragraph 65 of the report "Scotland's Older Houses", that at May, 1966 there were within the city 10,000 houses which were classified after individual inspection as unfit and 75,000 which were sub-standard and not improvable at reasonable cost.
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Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce new housing legislation which makes special provision for Glasgow's special housing problem.
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§ Mr. RossI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend, the Member for Glasgow, Mary-hill (Mr. Hannan) on 28th November, 1967.—[Vol. 755, c. 85–86]