HC Deb 25 January 1989 vol 145 c635W
34. Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will introduce legislation to ensure that a tenant who moves into a council property after a landlord has made a bid for that property will not have his home transferred without his consent.

Mr. Trippier

Where a dwelling is let by the existing landlord after a tenant's choice application has been made, regulations under Section 101 of the Housing Act 1988 will provide for vacant possession to be given on transfer. Such lettings will therefore be temporary and will not involve the transfer of dwellings over a tenant's or licensee's head. Existing landlords will be required to make the temporary nature of any such lettings clear at the time to the tenants or licensees.