§ Mr. Andrew Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from local authorities or their associations concerning his proposals to amend the housing benefit scheme, in particular the tapers, from April 1984.
§ Dr. BoysonMy right hon. Friend is consulting formally the local authority associations on the Government's proposals to reduce expenditure on housing benefit and I shall be meeting them in the near future, but we have as yet received no such representations.