HL Deb 18 June 1980 vol 410 cc1194-6WA
Baroness DENINGTON

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the matters on which the Secretary of State for the Environment is taking powers under the current Housing Bill to make decisions by order.

The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Lord Bellwin)

The attached list gives the powers to make orders which are conferred on the Secretary of State in the Housing Bill.

Clause 2(5)—power to extend right to buy to dwelling-houses held by local authorities otherwise than under Part V of the Housing Act 1957.

Clause 7(4)—to prescribe maximum sum by which discount may reduce price.

Clause 17(1)—to prescribe additional or different terms to be included in mortgage deed.

Clause 18(1)—to designate rural areas where conveyance or grant may contain covenants limiting re-sale.

Clause 18(2)—to designate "regions" within which purchaser on re-sale must live or work.

Clause 25(1)—to repeal or amend provisions in local Acts inconsistent with chapter I.

Clause 51(4)—to direct that compulsory rent registration requirement on shorthold can be lifted.

Clause 55(4)—to specify "approved bodies" who may build for rent under assured tenancies.

Clause 59(6), (7)—to alter periods for registration of rents and for phasing of rent increases, or to abolish phasing altogether.

Clause 101(1)(e)—to prescribe additional cases in which tenants may be eligible for grant.

Clause 109(5)—to enable borrowers to switch in or out of the option mortgage scheme if for example they are affected by taxation charges.

Clause 118(1)—to lay down accounting requirements for registered housing associations.

Clause 135(2)—to vary the amount below which a landlord can insist on redemption of a ground rent.

Clause 142(3)—to appoint days for the bringing into operation of provisions in the Bill.

Schedule 18—paragraph 4—to substitute a different amount as the amount above which costs of carrying out works are not to be taken into account in determining services charges unless the landlord consults the tenants.

Clause 20—to specify the maximum amount of costs the tenant can be charged in connection with his exercise of the right to a mortgage.

Clause 103(3) to change the maximum amount towards which Exchequer contributions may be made to a local authority on the disposal of houses after repair, improvement or conversion.

Clause 123(2) to change the maximum amount of grant which may be paid to a housing association on the disposal of dwellings after carrying out works of repair, improvement or conversion.