Mr George Sylvester, former MP, Pontefract

Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government: Slum Clearance and Housing Schemes 1 Aug 1961

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what is his estimate of the reduction of loan sanctions for local authority housing schemes in the next 12 months; and on what grounds he will refuse loan sanction.
Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government: Slum Clearance and Housing Schemes 1 Aug 1961

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that his statement will cause great dismay in my industrial town where the majority of the houses were built during the Industrial Revolution and are hardly fit to live in? He has not answered the latter part of my Question about on what grounds he will refuse loan sanction.
Orders of the Day — National Insurance Bill: First Schedule. — (Amendments of Industrial Injuries Act.) 23 Nov 1960

I support what my hon. Friend has said, especially in view of what the right hon. Lady said about constant attendance allowance not being intended to pay wages to someone outside the family. My two hon. Friends quoted cases of daughters being involved. As my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North (Mrs. Slater) said, we live among these people. Then there is the case of the mother...

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Mr George Sylvester