§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will authorise the London borough of Ealing to proceed with those sales of council houses where terms had been agreed with prospective purchasers, but where contracts had not been exchanged.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe recent amendments to the ministerial consents affecting the sale of council houses provide that sales which would otherwise be prevented by those amendments may proceed if a written price offer by an authority532W had been accepted in writing by the purchaser before 17 March 1979.