HC Deb 28 January 1987 vol 109 c241W
Mr. Moynihan

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he last met representatives of the London boroughs to discuss the problem of bringing empty council properties back into use.

Mr. John Patten

On 19 January I met representatives of the local authority associations to discuss homelessness; our discussions included measures to bring authorities' empty housing back into use, and the disappointing response of some London boroughs to the Government's initiative, which I announced in August 1986, of making estate action resources available to accommodate homeless people in empty properties on estates.