§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any plans to allow local authorities to give home improvement grants to owners of houses for the installation of remedial measures where radon levels are high.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Department has today written to 21 local housing authorities in Cornwall, Devon, Derbyshire and Somerset advising them in what circumstances the Secretary of State is prepared to contribute towards the expense incurred by them in making an improvement grant for radon remedial measures. I am sending a copy of the letter to my hon. Friend.