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Brigadier Clarke
asked the Minister of Health if he will grant additional licences for private building in bomb-damaged cities such as Portsmouth where 7,000 private houses were lost.
Mr. Bevan
I am ready to consider, on their merits, any applications from local authorities who wish to devote a larger part of their allocation to the issue of licences for private building to meet urgent needs.