HC Deb 19 January 1972 vol 829 cc173-4W
57. Mr. Kelley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider making a regulation awarding to the tenant of a property any portion of any increase which may accrue to him under a fair rent assessment which can be regarded as part of the value of the property, arising out of any care and/or expense for which the tenant has been solely responsible.

Mr. Channon

No. Under the Rent Act, 1968, any improvement made by a tenant outside the terms of his tenancy is disregarded in the fair rent assessment. The more responsibility for maintenance and repair is placed on a tenant by a contract, the less any fair rent will be.