§ 18. Mr. M. Lindsayasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will draw the attention of local authorities with long housing waiting lists to the desirability of making full use of their powers to purchase for 103W reletting the houses of elderly people who move to one-bedroom dwellings when these houses are put on the market and can be bought at a reasonable price.
§ Mr. H. BrookeI am always ready to give loan sanction to a local authority for the purchase of a house from elderly people who are willing to move to a one-bedroom council dwelling. But I think it is important that the initiative should come from the elderly people.