Local government and housing. A bill [as amended by Standing Committee G and on consideration] to make provision with respect to the members, officers and other staff and the procedure of local authorities; to amend part II of the Local Government Act 1974 and part II of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and to provide for a national code of local government conduct; to make further provision about the finances and expenditure of local authorities (including provision with respect to housing subsidies) and about companies in which local authorities have interests; to make provision for and in connection with renewal areas, grants towards the cost of improvement and repair of housing accommodation and the carrying out of works of maintenance, repair and improvement; to amend the Housing Act 1985 and part III of the Local Government Finance Act 1982; to make amendments of and consequential upon parts I and II of the Housing Act 1988; to amend the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987 and certain enactments relating, as respects Scotland, to rating and valuation, and to provide for the making of grants in respect of certain expenditure incurred before 1st April 1990; to make provision with respect to the imposition of charges by local authorities; to make further provision about certain existing grants and about financial assistance to local authorities in respect of emergencies; to enable local authorities in Wales to be known solely by Welsh language names; to provide for the transfer of new town housing stock; to amend section 47 of the Race Relations Act 1976; to make provision about security of tenure for certain tenants under long tenancies; to provide for the making of grants and giving of guarantees in respect of certain activities carried on in relation to the construction industry; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments relating to improvement notices, town development and education support grants; and for connected purposes [electronic resource].