§ The Earl of Ilchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the planned transfer of the Services Married Quarters Estate to a housing trust in the private sector means that, when implemented, control over surplus married quarters is lost and the sale of such quarters to service personnel at a 30 per cent. discount terminated.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Viscount Cranborne)Disposal of surplus married quarters, which includes the married quarters sales discount scheme for service personnel, is one of the issues currently under consideration in the work being taken forward on the concept of the Housing Trust.