§ 31. Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities are currently not making house improvement grants available because of the effects of the moratorium; and if he will list them.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNo authority is prevented by the moratorium from giving either mandatory grants or any discretionary grants which, before the moratorium, it had entered into an undertaking to give; or from entering into new commitments which will not involve expenditure by the authority before 1 April 1981.