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What was the Conservatives target of new houses per year in their 1951 election campaign? |
300,000 per year |
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How many houses were destroyed or unfit for habitation during the war? |
Half a million |
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Why was their a need to build more houses? |
1- Half a million houses had been destroyed. 2- There was a post war bulge in the birth rate. 3- Overcrowding only declined marginally between the census of 1931 and of 1951. |
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Why did Labour not do as well as the Conservative government at building new houses? |
Housing was the responsibility of the Ministry of Health and Housing. But, Bevan was preoccupied with the creation of the NHS. |
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What were the issues with the building of new houses? |
Shortage of resources such as: - materials for construction. - labour in the building industry. - room for investment within an overstretched economy. |
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Who was appointed as Minister of Housing under Churchill? |
Harold Macmillan |
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What was Macmillans role as Minister for Housing? |
1- Scale down building standards for council houses, to make it easier. 2- Secure the claim of housing upon the Governments allocation of resources. 3- Trumpet the achievements of his ministry when they came through. |
