§ 64. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes in income distribution he estimates will be brought about as a result of the full implementation of the Housing Finance Bill.
§ Mr. AmeryOne direct effect of the Bill on incomes will be that it will moderate what would otherwise have become a grossly excessive and inequitable demand on taxpayers. More important, it will make rent rebates and rent allowances available to a great number of rent-paying tenants who have so far been denied them.
§ 65. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to give maximum television and other publicity to the terms and consequences of the Housing Finance Bill.
§ Mr. AmeryWe are taking every suitable opportunity to explain the Bill to the public and at the appropriate time we will mount a national campaign to publicise the arrangements for rent rebates and allowances.