HC Deb 02 December 1968 vol 774 cc227-8W
78. Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will issue guidance to those London boroughs and other local authorities proposing to adapt the structure of thier committees and departments as a result of the Reports of the Maud Committee on Management, the Seebohm Committee on the Local Authority Personal Social Services, and other documents.

84. Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will now issue specific guidance to local authorities on matters of reorganisation arising from the Reports of the Maud Committee on Management, and the Seebohm Committee on Local Authority Personal Social Services; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Crossman

Local authority associations and other interested bodies were asked to submit their views on the Seebohm Report by the end of November. The Government will be studying these carefully before reaching their own conclusions. Meantime I would again endorse the view already expressed on a number of occasions that no action should be taken by local authorities that might pre-empt those decisions.