asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the concern of people whose houses were destroyed by enemy action, as a result of the recent decision given by a Court of Appeal that complete destruction of a house by bombing brings a tenancy to an end; and what immediate steps he is prepared to take to protect these people.

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the recent judgment by which it was held that when a dwelling-house which was controlled under the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts has been destroyed in consequence of enemy action, the tenant of that dwelling-house is not entitled to a tenancy of a dwelling-house which is built in place of the destroyed dwelling-house; and what steps he proposes to take in order to deal with this position.

My attention has been drawn to this recent decision and the position is being considered. I can however hold out no hope of early legislation.