HC Deb 02 February 1965 vol 705 cc262-3W
63. Sir C. Taylor

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will make a statement about the transfer of a further part of the charges for education from local rates to the National Exchequer.

Mr. MacColl

The extent to which local expenditure should be financed from the rates and the Exchequer, respectively, is one of the main questions being considered in the Government's examination of local government finance. I must ask the hon. Member to await the outcome of that examination.