§ Mr. Chopeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice he has given to local authorities about the inclusion in their housing investment programmes lists for 1985–86 of sums sufficient to meet obligations arising under the Housing Defects Bill once enacted.
§ Sir George YoungIt is for individual local authorities to decide what to include in their housing investment programme bids; it is their normal practice to include all proposed capital expenditure on housing for the year in question.