Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 8 Ebrill 1948.
Sir Arthur Harvey
, Macclesfield
12:00,
8 Ebrill 1948
asked the Minister of Health how many cottages for farm workers are being erected in Cheshire during 1948; and what progress is being made.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
I regret that information in this form is not available. Tenants are not chosen until houses are near completion.
Sir Arthur Harvey
, Macclesfield
Does the Minister realise that his answer will give great disappointment in Cheshire; and will he try to give this information, so that farmers can look ahead and plan their farming?
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
As I say, it is not possible for me to say how many houses are set aside for agricultural workers until rural authorities themselves have awarded the tenancies. I am not a clairvoyant.
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