House Condition Survey

Part of Orders of the Day — Housing (Scotland) Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:57 pm on 27 February 1986.

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Photo of Mr David Steel Mr David Steel Leader of the Liberal Party 7:57, 27 February 1986

I am relieved that the hon. Gentleman stressed that last point, because I was worried that he had concentrated solely on local authority housing. Is he aware that the number of houses below tolerable standard in Ettrick and Lauderdale is much higher than the Scottish average? We are talking not about trivial repairs, but about housing which is still below the tolerable standard laid down years ago-for example, 7 per cent. in Galashiels and 5 per cent. in the district as a whole. These are not, in the main, council houses.