HC Deb 27 March 1980 vol 981 cc657-8W
22. Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is not still the practice of his Department when disposing of property which is surplus to requirements to offer it in the first instance to other Departments of State and to local authorities.

Mr. Brittan

No. I refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Mr. Shelton) on 13 June 1979.—[Vol. 968, c. 255.]