HC Deb 25 January 1989 vol 145 c631W
19. Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the proposed transfer of council housing stock in Torbay.

Mr. Ridley

Torbay borough council applied to me on 17 November for consent to dispose of its housing stock to two housing associations. My Department replied on 10 January saying that I am minded not to give consent to the disposals, and inviting the council to consider conducting a further ballot of tenants to establish more clearly both the extent of the opposition and the extent of positive support.