§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review the law governing the compensation of house owners of properties damaged in the course of the implementation of local authority demolition schemes, but which are not themselves the subject of any demolition order, mindful of the fact that local authorities are at present debarred even from making ex-gratia payments.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThis is a complex area of law, and if my hon. Friend has a particular difficulty in mind perhaps he would care to write.