§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage he intends to prescribe as the maximum level of commission or discount that a mobile home site owner can charge on the sale of a mobile home, under the provisions of the Mobile Homes Bill [Lords].
§ Mr. StanleyA new consultation paper has been issued today inviting views on the maximum level of commission or discount that should be prescribed. An order made under the Mobile Homes Act 1975 prescribes a maximum level of 15 per cent. for a commission or discount charged on the sale of a mobile home by a resident who has an agreement under the Act. The Mobile Homes Bill, like the 1975 Act, will empower the Secretary of State to prescribe a maximum level. This consultation paper follows a paper issued on 4 February this year and invites further comments on the arguments put forward in the responses to that paper, for and against retaining the 15 per cent. maximum. Responses to the consultation paper are invited by 31 January 1983.