HC Deb 30 June 1969 vol 786 cc30-1W
Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what advice has been sent by his Department to local authorities on the need to establish efficient services for dealing with their housing repairs.

Mr. MacColl

The Central Housing Advisory Committee in its report "Councils and their Houses", which was published in 1959 and commended to local authorities, said that it was in the interest of landlord and tenant alike that a house should be well looked after. Whichever officer was made responsible for repairs and maintenance, systematic control of the progress of the work was essential, and the authority should satisfy itself that the system was such that it worked smoothly from start to finish. The efficiency and quality of the work achieved by the repair service would depend largely on good organisation and supervision.