HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 c936W
Mr. Gerald Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give effect to the proposal in the Green Paper, "Home Improvement—A New Approach", dated May 1985, that the arrangements for compensating those affected by clearance should be simplified and in future that all owners will be entitled to market value as of right.

Mr. Chope

Part IV of schedule 8 to the Local Government and Housing Bill contains provisions repealing the existing measures relating to compensation for unfit housing which is compulsorily acquired. The effect of this is that compensation for housing in clearance areas will be assessed in the same way as for any other compulsory acquistion, and owners will qualify for market value compensation.