§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the powers available to him under the Housing Act 1980 to ensure that local authorities operate the right-to-buy provisions contained in the Act.
§ Mr. StanleyChapter 1 of part I of the Housing Act 1980 lays down the steps which local authorities are required to take when one of their tenants exercises the right to buy. Sections 23 and 24 would enable my right hon. Friend to intervene and take over a sale where it appears to him that a tenant or tenants have or may have difficulty in exercising the right to buy effectively and expeditiously.