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Wednesday, October 16, 1974

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of business about land and buildings. I am particularly

concerned that projects which are known to have ready sources

of finance at this time and whose backers are ready and anxious

to proceed should be subjected to the minimum of delay, and

I think that if necessary special procedures to ensure this

must be adopted for the time being.

SOCIAL WELFARE

I now wish to refer briefly to the development of our Social Welfare Services. The Secretary for Social Services will be

speaking at greater length later in the debate.

This has been a year of consolidation following the

introduction last year of many new schemes and projects in the

context of the White Paper and Five Year Plan. The first full

annual review of the Five Year Plan has now been completed.

The joint planning and consultative machinery between the

Government and the voluntary sector continues to work

satisfactorily. It is now supplemented by procedures to

evaluate the effectiveness of the services provided by subvented

organisations. It is hoped that these can be expanded during

the coming year, to improve both quality and organisation.

Good overall progress has been made with the development

of Social Welfare services but a few points deserve special

mention:

The Institute