§ Mr. William Priceasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government, when 324W the Report on the Ownership and Management of Housing in the New Towns will be published; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe report will be published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office tomorrow. Copies will be placed in the Library.
My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales and I welcome the report's emphasis on the need to provide greatly increased opportunities for owner-occupation in new towns, which accords with current Government policy.
While not committed to other views reported or expressed by the authors, we shall study this valuable report closely in our further consideration of housing policy in new towns and of the future of new town housing assets.