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Mr. Best
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans for a substantial grants scheme to assist first-time buyers of cheaper homes.
Mr. Stanley
As my right hon. Friend said on 30 January in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. McCrindle), any such scheme must await improvements in the overall economic climate.—[Vol. 977, c. 1337.]