§ 90. Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is now in a position to announce his decision on the funding of action on the underground fire at Callywhite Lane, Dronfield, in Derbyshire.
§ Mr. TrippierAs I have told the House, it would not be appropriate to make central Government financial assistance available to help fund the remedial works necessary to put out the fire.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has considered North-East Derbyshire district council's request that unrecovered expenditure they incur in dealing with the fire should be excluded from the definition of total expenditure, and has decided not to exclude it.