Former MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook
Is the Minister aware that, with the exception of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the hospital accommodation in Birmingham, the second largest city in the United Kingdom, is a public disgrace? In response to the questions put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Ladywood (Mr. V. Yates), will he promise to go to Birmingham and see some of the conditions in which the consultants are working in...
We are.
Is the hon. Gentleman certain?
We are not frightened.
Why do the Tories want more cars?
But, of course, the hon. Member would not say that.
No.
Is the Minister aware—I know that he is—that the application list in Birmingham is now reaching 70,000 and that by his action in not allowing lower interest rates for the Public Works Loan Board—[HON. MEMBERS: "Question."]—if the hon Member for Kidderminster (Mr. Nabarro) will shut his mouth I will carry on—he is preventing Birmingham from dealing with its housing problem as it...