§ 9. Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he proposes any 469 increase in the availability of local authority mortgages to private home purchasers.
§ Mr. Alec JonesWe expect that a further allocation of funds for local authority mortgages to private house purchasers will become available when the next financial year begins.
§ Mr. GristWill the Minister give an assurance that, when such funds become available, they will be made available in the form of local authority mortgages and home improvement grants, and not made available for further doctrinaire measures of municipalisation of private property?
§ Mr. Alec JonesI have already indicated that funds will be available for local authority mortgages in the next financial year. We are hoping that there will also be an allocation of funds for improvement of council houses.