§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will extend the right to buy in the same terms as the present scheme to tenants of houses owned by (a) county councils and (b) other councils which are not housing authorities.
§ Mr. StanleyWe do not consider it practical to extend the right to buy to accomodation that is occupied in the main by virtue of a particular employment.
However, the new general consents to the disposal of public sector houses, which I announced in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, East (Mr. Bright) on 3 June—[Vol. 5, c. 377–378]—enable councils, including county councils, to sell at their discretion dwellings excluded from the right to buy to sitting tenants at the same discounts as those available under the right to buy. I hope that councils will make the maximum use of their powers where practicable.