HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 c178W
34. Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on the future of parish councils. [49428]

Dr. Whitehead

The Government's rural White Paper "Our Countryside: The Future—A Fair Deal for Rural England" sets out our proposals for strengthening the future role of town and parish councils in England.