HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 c477W
15. Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the progress of council house sales in Wales.

Mr. Grist

Between the introduction of our right-to-buy scheme and September 1989 about 74,000 council dwellings had been sold to sitting tenants in Wales. Owner-occupation now stands at 70 per cent.