HC Deb 09 March 1978 vol 945 c774W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the situation in Scottish cities, particularly Glasgow, where older tenemental properties are being sold on the basis of instalments at prices greatly in excess of market value to families desperate for accommodation, if it is his policy to extend the scope of the rent officers' duties to offer protection in such cases; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

I share the hon. Member's concern at exploitation of this kind. However, an extension of the rent officers' jurisdiction to cover such negotiations would not be within the statute.