Housing (First Time Buyers)

Mr. Brittan
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, under the terms of the Scotland Act, the matter of Government assistance for first time buyers would be devolved to the Assembly.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown
While it is not for my right hon. Friend to give an authoritative interpretation of statute, assistance to first time home buyers is a devolved matter except insofar as it  involves legislation relating to the provision by private financial institutions of finance for housing.