HC Deb 13 February 1983 vol 54 c12
13. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on progress made to date with the sale of council houses to sitting tenants in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 23 January 1984.

Mr. Knox

Does my hon. Friend agree that Welsh local authorities have made very good progress in pursuing the Government's right-to-buy policy? Does he further agree that it is very much to their advantage to do so?

Mr. Roberts

I agree with my hon. Friend on both points. The receipts from the sales already made have increased the capital sources available to local authorities by over £100 million, and it clearly remains in their interests, as my right hon. Friend said, to maintain a vigorous sales policy.