§ 48. Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has concluded his talks with the local authorities regarding future educational expenditure.
Mr. Edward TaylorNegotiations are taking place this month with the local authority associations about the level of their expenditure, including expenditure on education, reckonable for rate support grant in the two years 1971–73: and my right hon. Friend expects to bring a Rate Support Grant Order before the House early in the New Year.