HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 c461W
Mr. Baldry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he intends to take to prevent local authorities from evading competition by forming their direct labour organisations into separate companies.

Mr. Ridley

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon, South (Mr. Marshall) on Wednesday 10 February at column291.