HC Deb 17 February 1971 vol 811 c451W
9. Mr. Hunt

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will issue a circular to local authorities giving guidance on a model procedure for the admission of service families to their housing waiting lists.

Mr. Peter Walker

Local authorities were commended in a circular issued in 1965 to accept an application made before discharge or within one year of it by a Serviceman who found employment in or near the district or who had family connections with it, and to consider the application exclusively on the basis of his housing need without regard to his length of residence in the locality.

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