§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the procedures adopted when the Crown sells blocks of flats.
§ Mr. John PattenI can confirm that the various Crown authorities are prepared, where they intend to sell any residential property comprising flats, to give the tenants of such flats an opportunity of first refusal analogous to the relevant provisions in part I of the Landlord and Tenant (No. 2) Bill.