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Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take steps to allocate to all housing authorities a sum equalivent to the tax relief for owner-occupiers to enable some council houses to be built out of revenue.
Mr. Amery
No. Building out of revenue makes the available funds go much less far than the normal practice of financing major capital expenditure by borrowing.