§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date he received the letter from the hon. Member for West Ham, North, concerning the complaints made by Mrs. Gladys Jacobs over charges being increased for golf at the Greater London 366W Golf Courses; and on what date he replied.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe letter from my hon. Friend was received on 13th May. It was acknowledged on the same day and the reply was sent on 18th February, 1969. As I told my hon. Friend on 21st and 30th May, 1968, the issues involved required interdepartmental discussion. After full consideration of all the factors it has been decided that these increases fall within the discretion of the Local Authorities. I regret the delay but the policy considerations necessarily took some time to settle.—[Vol. 765. c.61; Vol. 765, c. 264.]