§ Mr. Raymond Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's plans for the public 458W acquisition of empty private housing in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Statement.
§ Mr. FreesonI shall be issuing a circular to local authorities shortly giving them guidance on this matter and on other initiatives I am taking to increase local authority housing programmes.