7. Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he remains satisfied with the amount of finance being made available to the Housing Executive.
§ Mr. CarterYes, Sir. The Northern Ireland Housing Executive has not been hindered in its work by a lack of finance.
Mr. RossIs the hon. Gentleman aware of the many hundreds of complaints that all of us who represent Northern Ireland receive about dampness in the houses of tenants of the Housing Executive, and that they are usually fobbed off with the excuse of condensation? Will the Housing Executive do something constructive about this and try finally to get a maintenance section that actually carries out maintenance functions?
§ Mr. CarterThere is no real relationship between that question and the Question on the Order Paper. The hon. Member will know that we have had an investigation carried out concerning the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, and I hope that some of the problems in the 1392 maintenance area to which the hon. Member referred can be resolved in some form of reorganisation in the future.
§ Mr. GoodhartIs the Minister satisfied that taxpayers' money is no longer leaking through parts of the Housing Executive into the pockets of terrorist leaders?
§ Mr. CarterYes, Sir.