§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, under the Housing Act 1980, where local 422W authorities seek to exempt individual dwellings from the right-to-buy clauses of the Act, he requires the local authority to satisfy him that it has examined the tenancy agreement between the tenant and the local authority; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StanleyI assume that my hon. Friend is referring to my right hon. Friend's power to make determinations under paragraph 5 of schedule 1. In deciding whether to make a determination, evidence is sought where appropriate from both the landlord and the tenant as to whether the matters in sub-paragraphs(a) and (b) of paragraph 5 are satisfied. It is open to either party to submit the tenancy agreement to my right hon. Friend.