Orders of the Day — Housing

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:40 pm on 25 July 1984.

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Photo of Mr John Heddle Mr John Heddle , Staffordshire Mid 5:40, 25 July 1984

How much will Birmingham benefit from money provided through the Housing Defects Bill, the Lords amendments to which are due to be considered tomorrow? Will the hon. Gentleman suggest to the now Labour-controlled Birmingham city council that if the money that is locked up in mortgages by people who have had the good sense to buy their houses from the Birmingham city council were released and refinanced through a building society it would be available to the ratepayers and the homeless and for all the things, like home improvements, for which the hon. Gentleman pleads?