§ 47. Mr. Hawkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what contribution landowners and farmers are currently making to the supply of new housing in rural areas.
§ Mr. StrangI assume the hon. Member is referring to the construction of houses rather than to the release of land for housing developments. No official statistics are available on the number of houses built by farmers and landowners. But I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 7th July 1975 to the hon.306W Member for Faversham (Mr. Moate) by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.—[Vol. 895, c. 17–18.]