Alan Reid
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(10 years, 4 months ago)
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David Mundell
I would certainly be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman, with a view to convening such a meeting.
Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD)
I want to thank the Government for recognising the extra costs of living in remote rural areas and giving councils such as Argyll and Bute extra money to give discretionary housing payments to their tenants. I hope the Government will continue to give extra money to such councils in future years.
David Mundell
The hon. Gentleman will know that I wrote to the Deputy First Minister of Scotland with an offer to executively devolve the power to Scottish Ministers to set the statutory cap on discretionary housing payments in Scotland. That offer has been accepted and we are working constructively with the Scottish Government to take it forward in relation not just to rural areas, but to all councils in Scotland.