§ Mr. Sternasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will grant immediate discretionary powers to local authorities to sell council houses to sitting tenants at a discount of 60 per cent. on open market value when the tenant has been in occupation for more than 30 years.
§ Mr. GowYes. The necessary amendment to the present general consents will be issued later this week.
§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, how many houses in the ownership of Basildon district council have been sold since the Housing Act 1980 came into force.
§ Sir George YoungThe Council reported sales of 869 dwellings between April 1979 and March 1983, including 329 sold under the right to buy provisions of the 1980 Housing Act.