§ 46. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of houses started in the public sector of the United Kingdom in the first quarter of this year and the corresponding number of each of the three preceding years; and if he will take steps to stop the decline.
§ Mr. ChannonThe figures are as follows:
1970 … … … … 30,400 1971 … … … … 31,500 1972 … … … … 31,500 1973 … … … … 27,300 Local authority house building is not restricted on capital investment grounds; and I am most anxious that any local authority which has a need to build should press ahead with its schemes.