§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for England for 1971, 1976 and the latest available date the number of (a) unfit dwellings and (b) fit dwellings which lack basic amenities; and if he will classify these data according to owner occupation, privately or publicly rented occupation.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergFollowing are the available estimates—information for 1976 is the latest available:
have any plans to legislate to provide some form of security of tenure for houseboat owners who make their houseboat their principal home.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergWe have had representations from the Residential Boat Owners' Association suggesting that its members should be given some measure of statutory protection, and this is a matter to which we shall be turning our attention when work on the present Housing Bill has been completed. I hope we can put forward to interested parties a paper on the various issues without commitment later in the year.