§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what extra resources will be available to the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission during 1985–86 to carry out their programme of conservation in Canning street, Liverpool; and what cash limit changes he proposes to make.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend has decided that it would be appropriate to make extra provision to the HBMC in order to complete phase 1 out of the resources allocated to the Merseyside task force for inner city initiatives on Merseyside. Subject, therefore, to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate the cash limit for class VIII, vote 4 will be increased by £930,000 from £69,490,000 to £70,420,000. The non-voted urban block cash limit will be reduced by the same amount ie by £930,000 from £377,645,000 to £376,715,000. There is therefore no net increase in public expenditure.