HC Deb 20 June 1975 vol 893 c551W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review parliamentary legislation placing obligations on local authorities with a view to amending, suspending or abolishing them to assist local authorities in cutting back expenditure.

Mr. John Silkin

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend to a Question by the hon. Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury) on 7th May.—[Vol. 891, c. 1423–5.]