(c) Can you give me for 1971 a figure for the
(a)
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percentage of Government expenditure which is
devoted to housing?
Baroness Summerskill in the debate on Dependent
Territories in the House of Lords on 12 January
Do you
spoke about people living on boats.
include these amongst the numbers of squatters?
She obviously regards the boat people as squatters
Some
whereas I recognise that you may feel that a high
may
percentage of them are, in fact,[fishermen who
traditionally or by preference live aboard their
And might rour forcible wround to they dry land,
Have you any figures for boat people?
boats.
and what in fact, is Government's long-term
policy towards them?
¡ I have myself of course
3. Lord Lothian has undertaken to write to Baroness
Summerskill about the boat people and certain other
matters which she raised.
We have sent you a Saving
despatch about the Dependent Territories debate, but
it would be helpful if you could deal with Baroness
Summerskill's enquiries about what she calls "the
floating population" (in advance in reply to this letter.
in reply
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of them tho have
moved to adouts trom low-cast
housing a shore
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