HC Deb 11 June 1980 vol 986 cc708-9
Mr. Rifkind

I beg to move amendment No. 125, in page 26, line 15, leave out ' from time to time'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we may take Government amendment No. 126.

Mr. Rifkind

The effect of the two amendments is to change the obligation on an authority to publish its rules governing allocations in order to specify more precisely when this must be done, and this should take place initially within six months of the commencement of the operation of the provisions of the clause and thereafter within six months of any alteration in the rules——

It being Ten o'clock, further consideration of the Bill stood adjourned.

Ordered. That, at this day's sitting, the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Brooke.]

Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.

Mr. Rifkind

This was a point raised in Committee, and I am happy to commend the amendments to the House.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment made : No. 126, in page 26, line 15, after 'below', insert : 'within 6 months of the commencement of this section and within 6 months of any alteration of the rules'.—[Mr. Rifkind.]

Mr. Rifkind

I beg to move amendment No. 127, in page 26, line 22, leave out : 'by an islands or district council'.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we are to take Governments amendments Nos. 132 to 134.

Mr. Rifkind

This amendment is consequential upon an Opposition amendment to the clause in Committee. It extends the obligation on local authorities to publish their rules to new towns and to the Scottish Special Housing Association.

Amendments Nos. 132 to 134 extend also existing Bill. The existing provision, which gives applicants for local authority housing the right to inspect records held by the local authority in regard to information provided by them, is also extended to new towns and SSHA housing. I am sure that this will be acceptable to the House.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments made: No. 128, in page 26, line 23, after ' above ', insert ' shall be'.

No. 129, in page 26, line 24, leave out ' shall be made'.

No. 130, in page 26, line 25, leave out from ' (b) ' to ' on'.

No. 131, in page 26, line 27, leave out from ' (c) ' to ' on ' and insert ' available in summary form'.

No. 132, in page 26, line 31, leave out ' local authority'.

No. 133, in page 26, line 31, after ' housing ', insert :

'provided by a body mentioned in subsection (1) above'.

No. 134, in page 26, line 32, leave out from ' by ' to ' of ' in line 33 and insert : 'that body'.—[Mr. Rifkind.]

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