§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to amend the Housing (Scotland) Bill to ensure that no house may be transferred from a public sector landlord to a private sector landlord, with consequent effects on the tenant's status as a secure tenant, without the positive consent of the tenant of the house.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNo. The requirement for the Secretary of State's consent to be obtained to disposal of houses already provides adequate safeguards in such circumstances and it will continue to do so.