§ Mr. McCartneyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in the rents of existing local authority houses, in the event of housing subsidies being abolished, in the burgs of Clydebank, Bearsden, Milngavie, Kirkintilloch, Cumbernauld and the landward area of the county of Dunbarton.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellNone. As was made clear in the statement to the House on 3rd November, we do not intend to abolish housing subsidies, but to re-direct them to those in greatest need.
If the hon. Gentleman advocates the abolition of housing subsidies, perhaps he will write to me about this.