§ 66. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the average weekly increase in rents of local authority houses in Salford, which would be caused by the removal of Government housing subsidies.
§ Mr. AmeryI am making no such estimate because the Government have no intention of abolishing housing subsidies. They are to be redirected so that more help is given where it is needed.
If the hon. Member is advocating the abolition of all housing subsidies, I hope he will let me have details of his proposals.
§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he can now estimate by how much rents of municipally-owned dwellings will rise in the London Borough of Greenwich on the assumption that existing Government subsidies were ended.
§ Mr. AmeryI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Fife, West (Mr. William Hamilton) on 17th February.—[Vol. 811, c.440.]
§ Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for the Environment by how much rents for municipally-owned dwellings have increased in the London Borough of Greenwich since June, 1970; and by how much he estimates that they will 95W increase further during the next 12 months.