HC Deb 12 April 1984 vol 58 cc607-8

Lords amendment No. 22 agreed to.

Lords amendment: No. 23, in page 4 line 35, at end insert ; and for the purposes of paragraph (b) above it shall be assumed that any option to renew or extend a lease or sub-lease, whether or not forming part of a series of options, is exercised, and that any option to terminate a lease or sub-lease is not exercised

Mr. Gow

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 140 and 166.

Mr. Gow

These amendments are designed to block a possible loophole in the discount clawback provisions. I am sure that they are uncontroversial, and I commend them to the House.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 24 to 27 agreed to.

Lords amendment: No. 28, in page 5, line 29, leave out After subsection (4) of that section and insert— In subsection (4) of that section for the words "specified in" there shall be substituted the words "falling within". (3A) After that subsection".

Sir George Young

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this we shall discuss Lords amendments Nos. 29, 30, 172 to 174 and 205.

Sir George Young

The purpose of the amendments is to enable additions to be made to the list of mortgage lenders whose loans take priority over repayment of discount on sales of council and other public sector housing. That should help to attract a little more private sector finance for the purchase of council houses and the refinancing of local authority mortgages.

I do not think that the amendments are controversial. They are matters on which we have received representations, and I commend them to the House.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords amendments Nos. 29, 30 and 31 agreed to.

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