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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 January 1977.

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Photo of Mr Reginald Freeson Mr Reginald Freeson , Brent East 12:00, 19 January 1977

Nor do I share any complacency in this matter. It is correct that the figures we published ourselves showed declines in starts in recent months both in the public and private sectors. In the public sector that may be due largely to the feed-through of the temporary halt when the July cuts were announced and while we were preparing to introduce a control system, which had to be introduced in the early part of September. There will be a feed-through of figures as a result of the cut-back. Nevertheless, it remains true, whatever may be the decline in recent months, that the total figures for 1976 will be an increase over 1975, as will be shown when the final figures for the year are published.