§ Baroness BACONasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they intend to publish the Consultation Paper on the review of the Rent Acts and they will make a Statement.
§ Baroness BIRKThe Consultation Paper on the review of the Rent Acts, which my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment is undertaking in association with my right honourable and learned friend the Secretary of State for Wales, was issued yesterday and a copy has been placed in the Library. After a brief introduction to set the context the document asks for comments or contributions on both general issues and questions of a technical nature raised in representations made to the Departments on the Rent Acts. The document is written within the framework of existing policies as they apply to the private rented and other sectors of the housing market; it does not attempt to anticipate conclusions which may result from the main review of housing policy.
House adjourned at twenty-eight minutes past eight o'clock.