Above all, public money is needed to tackle the Desperate Housing Crisis of our inner cities, which is highlighted by the Scarman report - the necessity, as the report puts it, fora co-ordinated approach … to rehabilitating housing in inner city areas.

They should stop putting blocks on councils which are trying to address their serious local housing needs, especially when they are trying to combine with the private sector deal with a Desperate Housing Crisis.

Nevertheless, it is a wholly inadequate response to a Desperate Housing Crisis.

Edinburgh faces a Desperate Housing Crisis.

If he does that, it is no loss for the Government; it is a victory for scrutiny and, moreover, a great credit to the Minister and the Government for showing that they care more about solving a Desperate Housing Crisis in this country than they are concerned about having things their own way at every stage of the Bill's consideration.

They say it is wise to introduce a blanket cap without thinking about how some areas that have a Desperate Housing Crisis will have much higher housing costs.

There is a Desperate Housing Crisis and unemployment and so on”.