§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will undertake a nationwide survey to establish the number of people who are homeless by the definitions outlined in the Shelter Report entitled Face the Facts, a copy of which has been sent to him.
§ Mr. FreesonWe have already collected a great deal of information about a wide variety of housing conditions. It is indeed some of these figures which are used in the report to which the hon. Member refers. The national figures obtained in 1967 are being supplemented by conurbation surveys. More important still, people are being rehoused from the slums faster than ever before, and we now have the Housing Act 1969 which makes wider powers and more money available for improvement and repair.