§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether tenants of existing new town housing authorities will be given the option of choosing public sector landlords when the new town administrations are wound up.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe options for new town tenants remain unchanged from those set out in the White Paper "The Scottish New Towns: The Way Ahead" (Command 711), which states
The position in each new town will be carefully considered once an order for dissolution has been made, and formal consultations will be held with development corporations, district councils and representative tenant groups to review the position and to determine to what extent transfers might take place, be it to housing associations, co-operatives, district councils, private or other landlords. Those tenants who have not transferred to other landlords will be transferred to Scottish Homes at wind-up, with a view to pursuing further diversification with the small residual number of houses.