§ Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
§
Motion made, and Question put,
That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to introduce a new system of housing subsidies for housing authorities, to provide for rent rebate and rent allowance schemes administered by housing authorities, to amend the law about rents of dwellings and in particular those subject to the Rent Act 1968 or provided by housing authorities, and to make other provision as to housing finance, it is expedient to authorise payments out of money provided by Parliament as follows:—
§ 1. Housing subsidies for local authorities as follows:—
- A. Residual subsidy, that is an annually reducing sum based on the housing subsidies received for 1971–72.
- B. Transition subsidy, that is the percentage specified below of the amount by which additional rent income falls short of a specified amount.
- C. Rising costs subsidy, that is the percentage specified below of the increase in reckonable expenditure.
- D. Operational deficit subsidy, that is an amount determined by reference to the contributions made by a local authority to their
170 Housing Revenue Account for 1970–71 and 1971–72, or by reference to their expenditure for 1970–71 and 1971–72. - E. Rent rebate subsidy, that is the percentage specified below of an amount determined by reference to a standard amount of rent rebates for unfurnished lettings.
- F. Rent allowance subsidy, that is the percentage specified below of an amount determined by reference to a standard amount of rent allowances for unfurnished lettings.
- G. Town development subsidy, that is 25 per cent. of any amount paid by a sending authority to a receiving authority under the provisions of the said Act of the present Session in respect of tenants from the sending authority.
- H. Slum clearance subsidy, that is 75 per cent. of the amount of the loss incurred in or in connection with the exercise of slum clearance functions.
§ The said percentages shall be—
| Transition subsidy | 90 per cent. for the first year. |
| Rising costs subsidy | 85 per cent. for the second year. |
| Rent rebate subsidy | 80 per cent. for the third year. |
| 75 per cent. for the next 7 years. | |
| Rent allowance subsidy | For the first 4 years 100 per cent. and for the next 6 years 80 per cent., or such greater percentage as may be determined by the Secretary of State. |
§ 2. Housing subsidies for new town bodies, which shall be the following four of those for local authorities.
- A. Residual subsidy.
- B. Transition subsidy.
- C. Rising costs subsidy.
- D. Rent rebate subsidy.
§ 3. Housing subsidies for housing associations or the Housing Corporation as set out below.
- A. Basic residual subsidy, that is an annually reducing sum based on the housing subsidies received for 1971–72.
- B. Special residual subsidy, that is an annually reducing sum based on the housing subsidies which would be receivable for 1972–73 or 1973–74 but for the proposed repeal of Part I of the Housing Subsidies Act 1967.
- C. New building subsidy, that is ninety per cent. or less of the initial deficit incurred on any new building scheme approved by the Secretary of State.
§ 4. Special payments for any housing association which, under the said Act of the present Session, is treated to any extent as, or as an agent of, a local authority.
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5. Payments by the Secretary of State—
(a) in respect of any advisory committee on rent rebates or allowances,
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(b) in respect of any committees to assist in determining fair rents for housing authority dwellings,
(c) to a local authority by reference to any surplus in their Housing Revenue Account,
(d) by way of lump sum payments made instead of certain annual payments under the Housing, Ac. Act 1923 or Section 13 or Section 46 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958, or
(e) in discharge of any administrative expenses.
§ 6. Any payment out of money provided by Parliament attributable to any provision of the said Act of the present Session authorising modifications or adaptations of other provisions of the Act where there is a change of local authorities or local government areas, or a transfer of local authority housing functions, or of property held for those functions, or attributable to any provision authorising the extension of the said Act to the Isles of Scilly.
§ 7. Any increase attributable to the said Act of the present Session in payments out of money provided by Parliament under any other Act.
§ And that it is expedient to authorise any payment into the Consolidated Fund.—[Mr. Patrick Jenkin.]
§ The House divided: Ayes 290, Noes 264.
175| Division No. 9.] | AYES | [10.25 p.m. |
| Adley, Robert | Carr, Rt. Hn. Robert | Finsberg, Geoffrey (Hampstead) |
| Alison, Michael (Barkston Ash) | Channon, Paul | Fisher, Nigel (Surbiton) |
| Allason, James (Hemel Hempstead) | Chapman, Sydney | Fletcher-Cooke, Charles |
| Amery, Rt. Hn. Julian | Chataway, Rt. Hn. Christopher | Fookes, Miss Janet |
| Archer, Jeffrey (Louth) | Chichester-Clark, R. | Fortescue, Tim |
| Astor, John | Churchill, W. S. | Foster, Sir John |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Clark, William (Surrey, E.) | Fowler, Norman |
| Awdry, Daniel | Clarke, Kenneth (Rushcliffe) | Fox, Marcus |
| Baker, Kenneth (St. Marylebone) | Clegg, Walter | Fraser, Rt. Hn. Hugh (St'fford & Stone) |
| Baker, W. H. K. (Banff) | Cockeram, Eric | Fry, Peter |
| Balniel, Lord | Cooke, Robert | Galbraith, Hn. T. G. |
| Batsford, Brian | Coombs, Derek | Gardner, Edward |
| Beamish, Col. Sir Tufton | Cooper, A. E. | Gilmour, Ian (Norfolk, C.) |
| Bell, Ronald | Cordle, John | Glyn, Dr. Alan |
| Bennett, Sir Frederic (Torquay) | Corfield, Rt. Hn. Frederick | Godber, Rt. Hn. J. B. |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gosport) | Cormack, Patrick | Goodhart, Philip |
| Benyon, W. | Costain, A. P. | Gorst, John |
| Berry, Hn. Anthony | Critchley, Julian | Gower, Raymond |
| Biffen, John | Crouch, David | Grant, Anthony (Harrow, C.) |
| Biggs-Davison, John | Crowder, F. P. | Gray, Hamish |
| Blaker, Peter | Davies, Rt. Hn. John (Knutsford) | Green, Alan |
| Boardman, Tom (Leicester, S. W.) | d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Grieve, Percy |
| Body, Richard | d'Avigdor-Goldsmld, Maj.-Gen. James | Grylls, Michael |
| Boscawen, Robert | Dean, Paul | Gummer, Selwyn |
| Bossom, Sir Clive | Deedes, Rt. Hn. W. F. | Gurden, Harold |
| Bowden, Andrew | Digby, Simon Wingfield | Hall, Miss Joan (Keighley) |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Rt. Hn. John | Dixon, Piers | Hall, John (Wycombe) |
| Braine, Bernard | Dodds-Parker, Douglas | Hall-Davis, A. G. F. |
| Brinton, Sir Tatton | Drayson, G. B. | Hamilton, Michael (Salisbury) |
| Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher | du Cann, Rt. Hn. Edward | Hannam, John (Exeter) |
| Brown, Sir Edward (Bath) | Dykes, Hugh | Harrison, Brian (Maldon) |
| Bruce-Gardyne, J. | Eden, Sir John | Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) |
| Bryan, Paul | Edwards, Nicholas (Pembroke) | Haselhurst, Alan |
| Buchanan-Smith, Alick (Angus, N&M) | Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Hastings, Stephen |
| Buck, Antony | Emery, Peter | Havers, Michael |
| Bullus, Sir Eric | Eyre, Reginald | Hawkins, Paul |
| Burden, F. A. | Farr, John | Hay, John |
| Butler, Adam (Bosworth) | Fell, Anthony | Hayhoe, Barney |
| Campbell, Rt. Hn. G. (Moray & Nairn) | Fenner, Mrs. Peggy | Heseltine, Michael |
| Carlisle, Mark | Fidler, Michael | Higgins, Terence L. |
| Hiley, Joseph | Moate, Roger | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Hill, John E. B. (Norfolk, S.) | Molyneaux, James | Sharples, Richard |
| Hill, James (Southampton, Test) | Money, Ernie | Shelton, William (Clapham) |
| Holland, Philip | Monks, Mrs. Connie | Simeons, Charles |
| Holt, Miss Mary | Monro, Hector | Sinclair, Sir George |
| Hornby, Richard | Montgomery, Fergus | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Hornsby-Smlth, Rt. Hn. Dame Patricia | More, Jasper | Smith, Dudley (W'wick & L'mington) |
| Howe, Hn. Sir Geoffrey (Reigate) | Morgan, Geraint (Denbigh) | Soref, Harold |
| Howell, David (Guildford) | Morgan-Giles, Rear-Adm. | Spence, John |
| Howell, Ralph (Norfolk, N.) | Morrison, Charles | Sproat, Iain |
| Hunt, John | Mudd, David | Stainton, Keith |
| Hutchison, Michael Clark | Murton, Oscar | Stanbrook, Ivor |
| Iremonger, T. L. | Nabarro, Sir Gerald | Stewart-Smith, Geoffrey (Belper) |
| Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Neave, Airey | Stodart, Anthony (Edinburgh, W.) |
| James, David | Nicholls, Sir Harmar | Stoddart-Scott, Col. Sir M. |
| Jenkin, Patrick (Woodford) | Noble, Rt. Hn. Michael | Stokes, John |
| Jessel, Toby | Normanton, Tom | Stuttaford, Dr. Tom |
| Johnson Smith, G. (E. Grinstead) | Sutcliffe, John | |
| Jones, Arthur (Northants, S.) | Nott, John | Tapsell, Peter |
| Kaberry, Sir Donald | Onslow, Cranley | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Kellett-Bowman, Mrs. Elaine | Oppenheim, Mrs. Sally | Taylor, Edward M. (G'gow, Cathcart) |
| Kershaw, Anthony | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Taylor, Frank (Moss Side) |
| Kilfedder, James | Osborn, John | Taylor, Robert (Croydon, N. W.) |
| Kimball, Marcus | Owen, Idris (Stockport, N.) | Tebbit, Norman |
| King, Tom (Bridgwater) | Page, Graham (Crosby) | Thomas, John Stradling (Monmouth) |
| Kinsey, J. R. | Page, John (Harrow, W.) | Thomas, Rt. Hn. Peter (Hendon, S.) |
| Kitson, Timothy | Parkinson, Cecil | Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S.) |
| Knight, Mrs. Jill | Percival, Ian | Tilney, John |
| Knox, David | Peyton, Rt. Hn. John | Trafford, Dr. Anthony |
| Lambton, Antony | Pink, R. Bonner | Trew, Peter |
| Lane, David | Pounder, Rafton | Tugendhat, Christopher |
| Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Powell, Rt. Hn. J. Enoch | Turton, Rt. Hn. Sir Robin |
| Le Marchant, Spencer | Price, David (Eastleigh) | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Prior, Rt. Hn. J. M. L. | Vaughan, Dr. Gerard |
| Lloyd, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey (Sut'n C'dfield) | Proudfoot, Wilfred | Vickers, Dame Joan |
| Longden, Gilbert | Pym, Rt. Hn. Francis | Waddington, David |
| Loveridge, John | Quennell, Miss J. M. | Walder, David (Clitheroe) |
| McAdden, Sir Stephen | Raison, Timothy | Walker, Rt. Hn. Peter (Worcester) |
| MacArthur, Ian | Ramsden, Rt. Hn. James | Walker-Smith, Rt. Hn. Sir Derek |
| McCrindle, R. A. | Redmond, Robert | Wall, Patrick |
| Maclean, Sir Fitzroy | Reed, Laurance (Bolton, E.) | Walters, Dennis |
| McMaster, Stanley | Rees, Peter (Dover) | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Macmillan, Maurice (Farnham) | Rees-Davies, W. R. | Warren, Kenneth |
| McNair-Wilson, Michael | Renton, Rt. Hn. Sir David | Weatherill, Bernard |
| McNair-Wilson, Patrick (NewForest) | Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Maddan, Martin | Ridley, Hn. Nicholas | White, Roger (Gravesend) |
| Madel, David | Ridsdale, Julian | Whitelaw, Rt. Hn. William |
| Maginnis, John E. | Rippon, Rt. Hn. Geoffrey | Wiggin, Jerry |
| Marples, Rt. Hn. Ernest | Roberts, Michael (Cardiff, N.) | Wilkinson, John |
| Marten, Neil | Robert, Wyn (Conway) | Winterton, Nicholas |
| Mather, Carol | Rodgers, Sir John (Sevenoaks) | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Maude, Angus | Rossi, Hugh (Hornsey) | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Maudling, Rt. Hn. Reginald | Rost, Peter | Worsley, Marcus |
| Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Royle, Anthony | Wylie, Rt. Hn. N. R. |
| Meyer, Sir Anthony | Russell, Sir Ronald | |
| Mills, Stratton (Belfast, N.) | St. John-Stevas, Norman | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Miscampbell, Norman | Sandys, Rt. Hn. D. | Mr. Victor Goodhew and |
| Mitchell, Lt.-Col. C. (Aberdeenshire, W) | Scott, Nicholas | Mr. Michael Jopling. |
| Mitchell, David (Basingstoke) | ||
| NOES | ||
| Abse, Leo | Brown, Hugh D. (G'gow, Provan) | Cunningham, G. (Islington, S. W.) |
| Albu, Austen | Brown, Ronald (Shoreditch & F'bury) | Cunningham, Dr. J. A. (Whitehaven) |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Buchan, Norman | Darling, Rt. Hn. George |
| Allen, Scholefield | Buchanan, Richard (G'gow, Sp'burn) | Davidson, Arthur |
| Archer, Peter (Rowley Regis) | Butler, Mrs. Joyce (Wood Green) | Davies, Denzil (Llanelly) |
| Armstrong, Ernest | Callaghan, Rt. Hn. James | Davies, G. Elfed (Rhondda, E.) |
| Ashley, Jack | Campbell, I. (Dunbartonshire, W.) | Davies, Ifor (Gower) |
| Atkinson, Norman | Cant, R. B. | Davis, Clinton (Hackney, C.) |
| Bagier, Gordon A. T. | Carmichael, Neil | Davis, Terry (Bromsgrove) |
| Barnes, Michael | Carter, Ray (Birmingham, Northfield) | Deakins, Eric |
| Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) | Carter-Jones, Lewis (Eccles) | de Freitas, Rt. Hn. Sir Geoffrey |
| Barnett, Joel (Heywood and Royton) | Clark, David (Colne Valley) | Delargy, H. J. |
| Baxter, William | Cocks, Michael (Bristol, S.) | Dell, Rt. Hn. Edmund |
| Benn, Rt. Hn. Anthony Wedgwood | Cohen, Stanley | Doig, Peter |
| Bennett, James (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Coleman, Donald | Dormand, J. D. |
| Bishop, E. S. | Concannon, J. D. | Douglas, Dick (Stirlingshire, E.) |
| Blenkinsop, Arthur | Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Douglas-Mann, Bruce |
| Boardman, H. (Leigh) | Cox, Thomas (Wandsworth, C.) | Driberg, Tom |
| Booth, Albert | Crawshaw, Richard | Duffy, A. E. P. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hn. Arthur | Cronin, John | Dunn, James A. |
| Broughton, Sir Alfred | Crosland, Rt. Hn. Anthony | Dunnett, Jack |
| Brown, Bob (N'c'tle-upon-Tyne, W.) | Crossman, Rt. Hn. Richard | Eadie, Alex |
| Edelman, Maurice | Kerr, Russell | Prentice, Rt. Hn. Reg. |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Kinnock, Neil | Prescott, John |
| Edwards, William (Merioneth) | Lambie, David | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Ellis, Tom | Lamond, James | Price, William (Rugby) |
| English, Michael | Latham, Arthur | Probert, Arthur |
| Evans, Fred | Lawson, George | Rankin, John |
| Ewing, Harry | Leadbitter, Ted | Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.) |
| Faulds, Andrew | Leonard, Dick | Rhodes, Geoffrey |
| Fernyhough, Rt. Hn. E. | Lestor, Miss Joan | Roberts, Albert (Normanton) |
| Fisher, Mrs. Doris (B'ham, Ladywood) | Lever, Rt. Hn. Harold | Roberts, Rt. Hn. Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Fitch, Alan (Wigan) | Lewis, Arthur (W. Ham, N.) | Robertson, John (Paisley) |
| Fletcher, Raymond (Ilkeston) | Lewis, Ron (Carlisle) | Roderick, Caerwyn E. (Br'c'n & R'dnor) |
| Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) | Lipton, Marcus | Rodgers, William (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Foley, Maurice | Lomas, Kenneth | Roper, John |
| Foot, Michael | Loughlin, Charles | Rose, Paul B. |
| Ford, Ben | Lyon, Alexander W. (York) | Ross, Rt. Hn. William (Kilmarnock) |
| Forrester, John | Lyons, Edward (Bradford, E.) | Sandelson, Neville |
| Fraser, John (Norwood) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson | Sheldon, Robert (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Freeson, Reginald | McBride, Neil | Shore, Rt. Hn. Peter (Stepney) |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | McCann, John | Short, Rt. Hn. Edward (N'c'tle-u-Tyne) |
| Garrett, W. E. | McCartney, Hugh | Short, Mrs. Renée (W'hampton, N. E.) |
| Gilbert, Dr. John | McElhone, Frank | Silkin, Rt. Hn. John (Deptford) |
| Ginsburg, David (Dewsbury) | McGuire, Michael | Silkin, Hn. S. C. (Dulwich) |
| Golding, John | Mackenzie, Gregor | Sillars, James |
| Gordon Walker, Rt. Hn. P. C. | Mackie, John | Silverman, Julius |
| Gourlay, Harry | Mackintosh, John P. | Skinner, Dennis |
| Grant, George (Morpeth) | Maclennan, Robert | Small, William |
| Grant, John D. (Islington, E.) | McMillan, Tom (Glasgow, C.) | Smith, John (Lanarkshire, N.) |
| Griffiths, Eddie (Brightside) | McNamara, J. Kevin | Spearing, Nigel |
| Griffiths, Will (Exchange) | Mahon, Simon (Bootle) | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Hamilton, James (Bothwell) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Stallard, A. W. |
| Hamilton, William (Fife, W.) | Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Huddersfield, E.) | Steel, David |
| Hamling, William | Marks, Kenneth | Stewart, Donald (Western Isles) |
| Hannan, William (G'gow, Maryhill) | Marquand, David | Stewart, Rt. Hn. Michael (Fulham) |
| Hardy, Peter | Marsden, F. | Stoddart, David (Swindon) |
| Harrison, Walter (Wakefield) | Marshall, Dr. Edmund | Stonehouse, Rt. Hn. John |
| Hart, Rt. Hn. Judith | Mason, Rt. Hn. Roy | Strang, Gavin |
| Hattersley, Roy | Mayhew, Christopher | Strauss, Rt. Hn. G. R. |
| Healey, Rt. Hn. Denis | Meacher, Michael | Swain, Thomas |
| Heffer, Eric S. | Mellish, Rt. Hn. Robert | Taverne, Dick |
| Hooson, Emlyn | Mendelson, John | Thomas, Rt. Hn. George (Cardiff, W.) |
| Horam, John | Mikardo, Ian | Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery) |
| Houghton, Rt. Hn. Douglas | Millan, Bruce | Thomson, Rt. Hn. G. (Dundee, E.) |
| Howell, Denis (Small Heath) | Miller, Dr. M. S. | Thorpe, Rt. Hn. Jeremy |
| Huckfield, Leslie | Milne, Edward | Tinn, James |
| Hughes, Rt. Hn. Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Tomney, Frank | |
| Hughes, Mark (Durham) | Mitchell, R. C. (S'hampton, Itchen) | Torney, Tom |
| Hughes, Robert (Aberdeen, N.) | Molloy, William | Tuck, Raphael |
| Hughes, Roy (Newport) | Morris, Alfred (Wythenshawe) | Urwin, T. W. |
| Hunter, Adam | Morris, Charles R. (Openshaw) | Varley, Eric |
| Irvine, Rt. Hn. Sir Arthur (Edge Hill) | Morris, Rt. Hn. John (Aberavon) | Walden, Brian (B'm'ham, All Saints) |
| Janner, Greville | Moyle, Roland | Wallace, George |
| Jay, Rt. Hn. Douglas | Murray, Ronald King | Watkins, David |
| Jeger, Mrs. Lena | Oakes, Gordon | Weitzman, David |
| Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) | Ogden, Eric | Wellbeloved, James |
| Jenkins, Rt. Hn. Roy (Stechford) | O'Halioran, Michael | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) |
| John, Brynmor | O'Malley, Brian | White, James (Glasgow, Pollok) |
| Johnson, Carol (Lewisham, S.) | Orbach, Maurice | Whitehead, Phillip |
| Johnson, James (K'ston-on-Hull, W.) | Owen, Dr. David (Plymouth, Sutton) | Willey, Rt. Hn. Frederick |
| Johnson, Walter (Derby, S.) | Paget, R. T. | Williams, Alan (Swansea, W.) |
| Jones, Barry (Flint, E.) | Palmer, Arthur | Williams, W. T. (Warrington) |
| Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Pardoe, John | Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton) |
| Jones, Rt. Hn. Sir Elwyn (W. Ham, S.) | Parker, John (Dagenham) | Woof, Robert |
| Jones, Gwynoro (Carmarthen) | Parry, Robert (Liverpool, Exchange) | |
| Jones, T. Alec (Rhondda, W.) | Pavitt, Laurie | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Judd, Frank | Peart, Rt. Hn. Fred | Mr. Joseph Harper and |
| Kaufman, Gerald | Pentland, Norman | Mr. Tom Pendry. |
| Kelley, Richard | Perry, Ernest G. |
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