§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to extend the provisions of the 150W Rent Act 1977, as amended, to rented property with a rateable value limit of more than £1,500 per annum in London.
§ Mr. StanleyAny significant rise in the rateable value limit for London would bring under Rent Act control tenancies of dwellings with high capital values to which this legislation was never intended to apply. The limit was considered during the passage through Parliament of the Housing Act 1980, and it remains our view that it should not be raised.