Bedroom tax should not apply in some rural areas say MPs

Here is Paragraph 137 of  The Environment, Foodand Rural Affairs Committee Sixth Report published by the House of Commons 16 July2013: 

We agree with the Rural Services Network that the impact of the under-occupancy policy on rural areas needs careful monitoring. Rural areas may be disproportionately affected because the nature of the housing stock means spare rooms might be more common. The under-occupancy policy also risks disadvantaging rural communities further because they lack the range and quantity of social housing required to provide the flexible response the policy demands. It is difficult to see how the under-occupancy policy, which might cause key workers to leave areas where they perform a vital role, and force children to move schools, is of benefit to rural communities. Settlements of fewer than 3,000 people, the same threshold as the Right to Acquire scheme, should be excluded from the under-occupancy policy.