§ 38. Mr. Murtonasked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning what studies he is making of methods of broadening the base of the local government taxation system; and if he will make a statement.
§ 39. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning whether, in considering the Redcliffe-Maud Report, he will bear in mind the possibility of the substitution of the rating system by less regressive methods of local taxation.
§ Mr. CroslandThe method of financing local government is one of the matters being studied as part of the consideration of the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in England.