§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make it his policy that individuals who had applied for housing improvement and repair grants and(a) were told that there was no hope of money being forthcoming and therefore had to go ahead without help but (b) would now have received money under the recently announced open-ending of grant money, should be compensated for at least a part of what they have lost.
§ Mr. GristThe priority given to home renovation grants must be a matter for individual local authorities to determine. There is no justification for compensation for those who have undertaken work without grant.