THE HOUSING PROBLEM
MEW BRITISH MEASURES.
POSSIBILITY OF AN ELECTION.
Sun. LONDON, July 27. Sir Patrick Hastings, Attorney-General, speaking at Wallsend in reference to the Housing Bill, which has passed the House of Commons, and is now before the Lords, said he saw only one way to get building materials. That was for the Minister to fix the prices. H the manufacturers would not sell at those prices the Minister must be empowered to take over their works and produce the materials at a fair price. A bill embodying these provisions had been introduced in the House of Commons.
It might surprise many people lo know, said Sir Patrick, that compensation was not to be paid under the bill for loss of property. There would bs such a 6ghi over the bill as the House of Commons had never seen. If it passed the public would see the first letters of Socialism written on the wall. If it were rejected the Government wpuld probably go to the (country. He predicted that the next Parliament) would contain 300 Labour members.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18773, 29 July 1924, Page 7
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