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Mr. Harry Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to assist local authorities with the cost of housing refugees; and if he will make a statement.
Sir George Young
The cost of housing refugees and other commitments are taken into account in authorities' housing investment programme allocations.The Asylum Bill, which was published on 1 November, contains measures which will modify the duties on local authorities and ease housing pressures.