§ Mr. William Price41. & 42. asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) what action he now proposes to take to prevent council house rent increases during a wage standstill;
(2) whether he will now refer the question of council house rents to the National Board for Prices and Incomes.
§ 50. Mr. Rowlandasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to prevent or reduce rises in rents by local authorities during the period of severe incomes and prices restraint.
§ Mr. MellishI would refer my hon. Friends to paragraph 20 of the White Paper "Prices and Incomes Standstill: Period of Severe Restraint" (Cmnd. 3150) and to the reply to the Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 9th March.—[Vol. 742, c.346.]
§ Mr. Parkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many local authorities have raised the rents of their council house tenancies since the Prices and Incomes Act became law; and what action he took to discourage them from doing so.
§ Mr. MellishComprehensive information is not available. On the second part of the Question, I would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 12 of the White Paper "Prices and Incomes Standstill" (Cmnd. 3073); to paragraph 20 of the White Paper "Prices and Incomes Standstill: Period of Severe Restraint "(Cmnd. 3150); and to Ministry of Housing and Local Government Circular No. 41/66 of which I am sending him a copy.
§ Mr. Parkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will 37W refer to the National Board for Prices and Incomes the proposal of the Long Eaton Urban District Council to raise the rents of the tenants of local authority houses in the area.
§ Mr. MellishNo. I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply to the Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 9th March.—[Vol. 742, c.346.]
§ Mr. Parkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what communication he has received from the Long Eaton Urban District Council about its intention to raise the rents of the tenants of its houses; and what reply he has sent, in the context of the prices and incomes policy.
§ Mr. MellishI am sending copies of the correspondence to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Parkasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what action he is taking to prevent increases in the rents of local authority houses during the period of severe restraint.
§ Mr. MellishI would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 20 of the White Paper "Prices and Incomes Standstill: Period of Severe Restraint" (Cmnd. 3150).