§ 4. Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is now in a position to make a statement about his Department's plans to make house purchase by mortgages easier for young couples who seek to purchase their first accommodation.
§ Mr. AmeryA number of the measures I announced to the House on 6th May were designed to help young house buyers.
I refer in particular to the improvements to the option mortgage scheme. And to the readiness of the Building Societies Association to recommend that their members make high percentage loans to those who demonstrate their ability to meet the repayment instalments even over so short a period as six months.