HC Deb 25 March 1969 vol 780 c248W
56. Mr. Graham Page

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what annual rate of housebuilding will be required during each of the next five years in order to avoid having the one million surplus of houses over households expected for 1973.

Mr. Greenwood

In view of all the factors, including the number of unfit houses in the total stock, the need for flexibility in the housing market and the need for mobility of labour, the prospective statistical margin of about one million houses over households in 1973 is not something to be avoided.

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