House of Lords written question – answered at on 20 July 2010.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Hanham on 8 July (Official Report, col. 334) that decisions on housing matters will be passed down to local authorities, whether local authorities will be given the power to refuse requests to sell their houses under the right-to-buy provision if to do so would adversely affect the provision of social housing in that area.
The Government have no plans to introduce powers which could reduce the right of eligible tenants to purchase their home under the right to buy scheme.
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