§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to amend section 8(3) of the Housing Act 1980 to make a vesting under a will or an intestacy a disposal under that subsection in cases where (a) a company has entered into an agreement to pay the mortgage of a secure tenant in return for the assigning to it of the freehold or lease upon the tenant's death and (b) a similar arrangement has been made by a relative of the secure tenant.
§ Mr. StanleyThere are at present no plans to do so.