§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what grants his Department proposes to give to those organisations in the United Kingdom who will provide shelter and comfort to homeless people over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellThe responsibility which the Department exercised last winter for providing emergency shelters for people sleeping rough in central London was transferred to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment with effect from 1 April 1991.