London's Slums The housing debate in the London County Council
on Tuesday took on the character of a party fight between Moderates and Labour, but it left the impression that the Housing Committee is a little too complacent and by no means ready to give a lead to •England in the new slum crusade. The Council's five-year plan, adopted under the Act of 1930, provided for the erection of 4,100 dwellings at a cost of £3,620,000, but none were built in the first two years, and since then 460 have been or are being erected. Under other schemes about 5,000 persons have been rehoused in the past two years. Mr. Morrison complained that the Council had not spent all the money which it had voted for housing, and another member pointed out that at least 100,000 people were living in basement dwellings. Clearly the L.C.C. -plan is inadequate. Although, of course, the borough councils, or some of them, have their own schemes .in hand, a more vigorous initiative is require.1 from the County Hall.
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