§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to announce his plans for the reorganisation of local government in Glamorgan and 222W Monmouthshire; and what is the closing date for consultations with individual local authorities and their national representative organisations.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasI shall do so as quickly as possible. Meanwhile an official letter has been sent to all local authorities in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire informing them that they need not comment on the proposals in Cmnd. 4310 unless they wish to do so.