§ 34. Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action has been taken to implement the recommendation made by the Edwards Committee in 1953 that authorities with a rapidly expanding population should receive special consideration in the form of an additional weighting factor.
§ Sir K. JosephNone. As was explained in the White Paper on Local Government Finance (England and Wales) (Cmnd. 209) in 1957, in view of the factors proposed in the general grant it was not considered necessary to proceed with the recommendation for an extra factor in the rate-deficiency grants.