Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 October 1969.
Mr Gwilym Roberts
, Bedfordshire South
12:00,
14 October 1969
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if, in view of the fact that local authorities have not developed adequate housing programmes and in view of the lack of overall planning in private housing, he will introduce legislation to set up a national housing corporation with overall responsibility for public and private housing and to determine public and private housing targets for local authorities.
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