asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to send a substantive reply to the letter which he has received dated 9th January, from the President of the House Builders Federation regarding land for house building and which was acknowledged by the Prime Minister's Private Secretary on 13th January, and whether he will meet the Federation, as requested by it.

I wrote to him on 21st January and my right hon. Friend the Minister for Planning and Local Government had a meeting with them on 28th January.