§ Mr. Tim Rentonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to issue a circular on the better use of the existing housing stock; and whether this will contain a model agreement for short-term tenancies.
§ Mr. FreesonWe propose to issue a circular on the better use of the existing housing stock early next year. It will not include a model agreement for short-term tenancies, but the leasing of privately owned property by local authorities and housing associations will be the subject of a special examination by Sir Dennis Pilcher and Mr. Derek Wood as members of the working group on alternative forms of social ownership to which I referred in my reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Mr. Graham) on 20th November.—[Vol. 901, c.6–7.]