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(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

shore)

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