§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make financial assistance available at an early date to owner-occupiers of defective houses in Newton Aycliffe, purchased from the development corporation in the early 1970s, under the selling policies promoted by the Government at that time, in the light of counsel's advice already obtained by the development corporation and the district council, and known to his Department.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergWe are looking into the scale and seriousness of this problem and will then consider what action, if any, we should take.