Ms Sarah Shovlin:

I agree with Deputy English on his point about the engineers. I do not believe that they would coerce people either. However, I will say that many applications that had recommendations by their engineers have now gone to the Housing Agency. Page 33 of the new scheme that was launched in the last day or two refers to the application stage and the remedial option grant assessment stage. It states that one of the points that is going to drive the assessment and what option is included is the "resources, including financial resources, available or likely to be available to the Housing Agency". This is the point that we are concerned with.