Orders of the Day — Housing Subsidies Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 December 1965.

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Photo of Mr Julius Silverman Mr Julius Silverman , Birmingham Aston 12:00, 15 December 1965

The hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mr. Allason), like his right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter), seems to show a certain division of mind. I think that it is called schizophrenia. In the first place, they say that they will vote against the Bill, adopting a "dog in the manger" attitude and arguing that, because it does not deal with the owner-occupier, the municipal tenant should not have any benefit, and, at the same time, they complain that the Bill's benefits to municipal tenants will not be brought in early enough, because they will not come till 1967–68. It is not easy to understand this confusion.