Repair of Bomb-Damaged Houses

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 April 1945.

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Photo of Mr Duncan Sandys Mr Duncan Sandys , Lambeth Norwood 12:00, 10 April 1945

I do not wish to interrupt the hon. Member, but he has made several misstatements. With regard to that last statement about the Newmarket case, the amount involved was far in excess of that which the local authority was empowered to approve. It had to come to the Ministry of Health in any case. It really got into the Press before it was finally dealt with. As to the other case about the £10 limit, the average time taken to deal with these licensing cases, with all the other work which local authorities have to do, is under a week, and I do not think that is bad.