§ 55. Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many starts were made on houses in the private sector in Wales in the past six months; and how this compares with the figures for the past six years.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasIn the six-month period September, 1970, to February, 1971, work was started on 3,867 new dwellings in the private sector in Wales: the figures for the corresponding periods in earlier years were:
1964–65 … … … 5,363 1965–66 … … … 4,297 1966–67 … … … 3,395 1967–68 … … … 4,748 1968–69 … … … 4,157 1969–70 … … … 3,951