§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a summary of responses to the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government" equivalent to the Department of the Environment publication "Paying for Local Government, a Summary of Responses to the Green Paper."
§ Mr. RifkindIn accordance with normal Scottish Office practice, copies of formal responses to the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government" (Cmnd 9714) submitted to the Scottish Office have been made available for public inspection in the Library of St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh.
The pattern of responses on the proposed replacement of domestic rates by the community charge, and on non-domestic rating reform issues, was broadly similar to that shown in the summary published by the Department of the Environment.