HC Deb 15 March 1995 vol 256 c593W
36. Mr. Streeter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what guidelines apply to councils devoting spending to propagating political arguments.

Mr. Gummer

Section 2 of the Local Government Act 1986 prohibits local authorities from producing party political publicity, and we have issued under section 4 of that Act a code of recommended practice on local authority publicity, a copy of which I have placed in the Library.

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