Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what action he proposes to take following the publication of the Report of the Working Party on the Housing Revenue Account.
§ Mr. GreenwoodNeither the local authority associations nor the Government are committed to any of the recommendations or conclusions contained in the report, which need further study. The working party was not asked to consider wider issues of local authority housing finance, such as housing subsidies, the scope and function of rate fund contributions, rent fixing and rent rebates. These matters, together with the accounting issues studied by the working party, will be examined as part of the longer-term review of housing finance, on which work has begun.