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-ompel  them  to  lower  their  housing
^Dn  innumerable  occasions  approval
mtracts  was  refused  by  the  Ministry
is  of  the  precise  kind  adverted  to  by
1  :n  made.  The  only  inaccuracy  in  the
employment  of  the  word  "  all  in
Z  houses  and  of  dressers,  cupboards,
word  he  should  have  employed  was
is  not  a  Councillor  or  official  of  a
throughout  the  kingdom  who  does
8 i  it  Sir  Alfred  Mond’s  reply  was  a  gross
■  nd  for  houses  recently  lessened  ?
921,  Sir  Alfred  Mond  told  the  House
S  Local  Authorities  were  in  many  cases
■:  g  their  own  previous  estimates  of
when  Minister,  at  the  close  of  his
jad  told  the  House  of  Commons,  on
"c,  that  only  a  few  Authorities  were
iemes.
lousing  and  Town  Planning  Council,
)se  touch  with  the  Local  Authorities
r,  and  through  unofficial  channels  in
stated  in  its  fortnightly  Record  of
1921,  that  from  its  information
ties  were  reducing  their  requirements,
rises  :  Was  Sir  Alfred  Mond  on  4th

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