§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will expedite the implementation of the provisions of section 15 of and schedule 3 to the Housing and Planning Act 1986 with a view to assisting home owners to obtain improvement grants where title to the whole of the roof of a property is not proved.
§ Mrs. RoeI anticipate that the statutory instruments required to implement the provisions of section 15 of, and schedule 3 to, the Housing and Planning Act 1986, which provide for a new discretionary home improvement grant to be made available to both landlords and long leaseholders or tenants for works to the common parts of blocks of flats, will be laid before Parliament before the Christmas recess.