HC Deb 15 January 1980 vol 976 cc1575-6

Queen's Recommendation having been signified—

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to give security of tenure, and the right to buy their homes, to tenants of local authorities and other bodies; to make other provision with respect to those and other tenants; to restrict the discretion of the court in making orders for possession of land and to amend the law about housing finance in the public sector, it is expedient to authorize—

  1. (a) the making out of money provided by Parliament of grants and loans to facilitate the exchange of dwellings by tenants and the movement of tenants from accommodation provided by one landlord to accommodation provided by another;
  2. (b) payments out of money so provided in connection with new provisions relating to housing subsidy, rent allowance subsidy and rent rebate subsidy;
  3. (c) payments out of money so provided under schemes for contributions (not exceeding £5,000, or such greater amount as may be provided by order, for any one dwelling) towards losses incurred by local authorities on houses acquired for repair, improvement or conversion, and then disposed of;
  4. (d) the making out of money so provided of grants to the Housing Corporation;
  5. (e) increased payments out of the National Loans Fund (loans by the Secretary of State) 1576 and the Consolidated Fund (Treasury guarantees) attributable to raising the limit on the borrowing power of the Housing Corporation to £2.000 million and providing for that limit to be raised by order to £3,000 million;
  6. (f) any increase in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under any other Act attributable to—
    1. (i) provisions amending Part III of the Housing Act 1974 including provision enabling housing association grants under section 29 to be paid to housing associations registered under section 13 of that Act as contributions (not exceeding £5,000, or such greater amount as may be provided by order, for any one dwelling) towards losses incurred on houses acquired for repair, improvement, or conversion, and then disposed of;
    2. (ii) provisions entitling tenants to local authority grants under Part VII of the Housing Act 1974, and amending that Part in other respects;
    3. (iii) provisions altering the basis of the Secretary of State's contribution to local authority expenditure under Part II of the Housing Act 1969 or section 45 of the Housing Act 1974; and
    4. (iv) provisions amending Part II of the Housing Subsidies Act 1967 (subsidised loans for house purchase and improvement);
  7. (g) any administrative expenses of the Secretary of State under the Act of the present Session; and
  8. (h) payments into the Consolidated Fund.—[Mr. Stanley.]