§ 38. Mr. Carterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is satisfied with the current progress of house building; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AmeryI have announced the February house building figures today. Among other encouraging signs they show that, for this year so far, the total number of starts is 7 per cent, up on the corresponding period of last year. In the private sector the increase is nearly 15 per cent.
In the public sector approvals in the three months up to January, 1972, were 13 per cent. higher than the comparable figure a year earlier.