§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to take action to penalise those local authorities which refuse to increase council house rents by the amounts he has stipulated; and, if so, what action he intends.
§ Mr. StanleyIt is for each local authority to decide its own rent levels in the light of the housing statement made by my right hon. Friend on December 15 and of the provisions of the new subsidy system that commences on April 1.—[Vol. 996, c.34-46.]