HC Deb 26 June 1980 vol 987 c287W
Mr. Robert Atkins

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to implement the provisions of the Housing Bill relating to the sale of council houses.

Mr. Stanley

I hope that the Housing Bill will receive Royal Assent before the Summer Recess. Clause 142 of the Bill provides that part I, which deals with the right to buy, should come into operation eight weeks after enactment.