Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 May 1971.
I think it is a fact—and all authorities have found this—that many council house waiting lists are inaccurate in two ways. First, there are many people on the lists who have no need to be on them; secondly, there are a large number of people who should be on the lists and are not. This is why I would welcome more positive house-to--house research into this problem.