§ 50. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average ratio of fair rents to gross value for dwellings for which fair rents of under £312 per annum have been determined.
§ Mr. ChannonThe information is not available in the precise form requested by the hon. Member, but for registered rents determined during the first nine months of 1971 the ratio of registered rent to gross value in England and Wales was on average about 1.96.
§ 52. Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received regarding the absence of a right of appeal against the assessment of fair rents.
§ Mr. ChannonMy right lion. Friend has received a number of representations, nearly all of which have failed to mention the right conferred on council tenants by the Housing Finance Bill to make representations to their authority about the assessment of their rent.