§ 55. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to be able to announce his appointments to membership of rent scrutiny boards; whether these will include a substantial proportion of council tenants; and what proportion of the membership of these boards will consist of persons involved in estate agency, valuation and surveying or of members of the legal profession.
§ Mr. EyreIt is for the Presidents of the Rent Assessment Panels to nominate, from their panel membership, the members to serve on Rent Scrutiny Boards. No nomination can be made before the Housing Finance Bill comes into force. I am not therefore able to give a detailed answer about the future composition of these boards. I expect a panel member who is a council tenant to be free to serve on any board other than one dealing with an authority in the general locality of his home.