§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the effect on services for handicapped people under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act of the cuts in the rate support grant announced in the Budget.
§ Mr. PrenticeI am sure that local authorities will continue to concentrate their help on those they consider to be most in need. Decisions on service provision must be a matter for individual authorities.