§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations 150W return, on a replacement cost basis, on fixed assets only, have been published by the OECD for the United Kingdom and Germany and, in the earlier years for Italy. The figures are as follows:
he has received from Northumberland county council about the effect of new restrictions on capital expenditure on the building of its new county headquarters; and what reply he has given.
§ Mr. KingThe Northumberland county council has suggested that the proposed new system of control for local authority capital expenditure could prevent the provision of certain capital projects. I will consider carefully the representations of the council along with all the other comments which I have received about the proposed system.