Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 March 1947.
Sir Henry Legge-Bourke
, Isle of Ely
12:00,
24 March 1947
Will the Prime Minister consider, where houses have been severely damaged and in some cases completely demolished, taking action with the Minister of Health to see that additional amounts are allowed by each housing authority above those maximums already fixed for repairs, and will he consider making certain, through the Ministry of Works, that sufficient materials are made available in view of the very widespread destruction inside people's homes?
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