§ 6. Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Postmaster-General if he will arrange for Form G, on which tenants must list repairs they think necessary before they pay increased rent under the new Rent Act, to be available and on sale in Post Offices.
§ Mr. K. ThompsonI would refer the hon. Member to the statement made last 1239 night by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
§ Mr. FernyhoughI did not hear that statement but I am quite sure that it did not meet the purpose of my Question. I should like to ask the hon. Gentleman why his Department is so reluctant to do anything to help the tenants when he and his hon. and right hon. Friends have been so anxious to do everything they could to help the landlords. Does not he realise that there are far more post offices than town halls and that it would be much more convenient for people if they could get this form from the post offices which most of them visit at least once a week?
§ Mr. ThompsonThat is a gross and provocative distortion of the facts. In his statement my right hon. Friend made it clear that the form would be available very widely through local authority offices, and I have nothing to add to that.