§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to initiate a national housing plan to deal with homelessness.
§ Mr. FreesonOur national housing policies, which are aimed at stimulating the provision of more accommodation and making better use of the existing housing stock, are designed to relieve housing stress, of which homelessness is an extreme form. I would, also, refer the hon. Member to my reply of 15th December 1975 to my hon. Friend the Member for Hackney, South and Shoreditch (Mr. Brown).—[Vol. 902, c. 473–75.]
§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library a copy of the information he received from local authorities when, as part of his reveiw of homelessness, he asked them for details of their policies and practice in carrying out their responsibilities towards homeless people.
§ Mr. FreesonI did so on Monday, 15th December 1975.