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If a housing contract exists between the various owners or tenants of the property, it is a devolved matter, but if a contract does not exist, it is an equalities matter.
Local authorities retain the discretion to provide grant; that has not been removed. Tenant crofters, for example, will be unable to access other forms of equity, so I imagine that grant would be the norm in such cases.
The dairy sector in Scotland has faced huge pressures for many years. I visited a dairy farm in my own constituency yesterday, and the dairy farmer explained to me that in 1966 he had a dozen dairy cows and made a good living but today he has about 150 dairy cows and makes a substantial loss.
We may want to raise the issue of offshore wind and the Crown Estate with Chris Huhne when he is here. About three weeks ago, I visited the headquarters of Voith Hydro, in Germany.
I read it on the train, on the way back from an exciting visit to Manchester, and I was enthused to see not the comparisons with England, but the differentials within Scotland.