§ Mr. Lyellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what conclusions he has reached about the provisions of the Mobile Homes Bill dealing with the sale of a mobile home.
§ Sir George YoungI have today tabled an amendment to the Mobile Homes Bill which, if it is accepted by the Committee considering the Bill, would remove the obligation on a mobile home resident who wishes to sell his mobile home to offer it first to the owner of the site. It would therefore be open to the resident to achieve the best price he can for his mobile home, subject to a commission for the site owner. Under the amendment, the site owner would still be able to buy the mobile home if he wishes to do so, in competition with other potential buyers, and he will have the advantage that the price he pays will not include the commission he would receive if someone else bought it.
We have also considered the responses to the consultation paper we issued in November 1982 about the level of commission. We have decided that the maximum level of commission for agreements under the Bill should be 10 per cent., and an order prescribing this amount will be laid before the House after the Bill has received Royal Assent. The maximum level of commission for agreements under the Mobile Homes Act was 15 per cent.