§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will refer the proposal of Aberdeen Town Council to raise the rents of council houses let by them to the National Board for Prices and Incomes, in view of hardships suffered by the tenants of those houses from the present increases in the cost of living.
§ Mr. RossNo. The proposed increases are within the limits set by the Government following the Board's report of last April on local authority rents, and I have passed them under the Prices and Incomes Act, 1968. An extended rent rebate scheme will protect the less well-off tenants.