§ Mr. Stanleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether ministerial approval is required before a housing authority sells council houses to sitting tenants on the basis that the houses are initially half purchased and half rented.
§ Mr. ArmstrongWhether consent to sell is required is a matter for the local 409W authority concerned to decide in the first instance in the light of its powers under existing legislation. Following a sale no Exchequer subsidy would be payable without a specific determination by my right hon. Friend.