§ 157. Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek powers to require local housing authorities to exempt discharged servicemen from the rule requiring a residential qualification before being admitted to their housing lists.
§ Mr. ChannonLocal authorities have already been asked in a circular issued in 1965 to accept applications from ex-Servicemen and to consider them exclusively on the basis of housing need without regard to length of residence in the locality, provided the ex-Serviceman in question has found employment in or near the district or has family connections with it. I believe that this sort of approach is likely to be of more practical benefit to the Serviceman than legislation on the lines suggested.