§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the instructions and guidance he has given to Scottish Homes about the way to handle cases where local authority or Scottish Homes tenants have been the subject of compulsory purchase orders and have lost their tenant's right to buy.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 2 March 1993]: I have given no such guidance to Scottish Homes, which has no formal responsibility in such cases apart from the involvement it would have as landlord if one of its houses were subject to compulsory purchase. A Scottish Homes or local authority tenant whose house was subject to compulsory purchase would only lose his right to buy if he declined to accept an alternative tenancy which would normally be offered by the landlord or another public sector landlord.
§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people whose homes were owned by local authorities or by Scottish Homes have been the subject of a compulsory purchase order which has resulted in the tenant losing the statutory right to buy in each of the last 10 years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 2 March 1993]: This information is not held centrally.
§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will specify the statutory powers which give360W tenants of local authority or Scottish Homes domestic properties the right to financial compensation in lieu of the loss of tenant rights.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 2 March 1993]: Where a short tenancy (that is, a tenancy the duration of which is no greater than a year, and runs from year to year) has been terminated early, the provisions of section 114 of the Land Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 apply in respect of the payment of compensation for early termination of the lease.