§ 52. Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people and how many organisations have now made representations to him in favour of the Local Government Finance Bill.
§ Mr. HowardA summary of the 1,271 responses received by 31 October 1986, when the consultation period on the Green Paper ended, was placed in the Library on 15 December 1986. Since June 1987, my Department has received some 10,400 letters, the majority of which are from private individuals. The letters contain a variety of comments on specific aspects of our proposals, or requests for further information, and for this reason do not readily lend themselves to an analysis of correspondents' views.