Departmental Properties

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Tachwedd 1991.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Sir Archie Hamilton Sir Archie Hamilton The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 12:00, 19 Tachwedd 1991

Yes, indeed, I accept what my hon. Friend says. There is a difficult Catch-22 situation because people cannot get a job until they have housing and they cannot get a mortgage until they have a job. Therefore, it is important that we solve the problem of where redundant people live so that they are able to get jobs, raise a mortgage and buy their own homes. At that stage they will no longer need the married quarters that we make available to them.