§ Mr. Terry Fieldsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will disregard, for block grant purposes, expenditure by Liverpool city council on expanding its house building programme and reducing council rents by £2 per week; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George YoungMy right hon. Friend is statutorily obliged to consider all representations from local authorities for expenditure to be disregarded in the assessment of liability for block grant holdback. I have not, however, seen a formal representation from Liverpool city council about this expenditure.