§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is Her Majesty's Government's policy for housing those citizens who cannot afford to buy or rent houses in the open market.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe policies which the Government are pursuing, including the allocation of substantially increased resources both to the housing association movement and to local authorities for capital expenditure on housing, together with the deregulation of the private rented sector, are designed to increase the availability of housing to let particularly at rents within the means of those in lower paid employment. The housing benefit system is available to assist those who are unable to meet their housing costs.