HC Deb 12 December 1988 vol 143 c413W
Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek powers to enable him to consider cases where the decision of a local government commissioner in ruling on a case appears to a constituent to be at variance with a previous decision.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

[holding answer 9 December 1988]; No. It is essential that the independence of the Commissioners for Local Administration in carrying out investigations is retained.

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