§ Mr. Pentlandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in view of the representations made to him by local authorities who have protested about the time limit imposed in his White Paper on local government reorganisation in England, he will now extend the time limit of the end of May, 1971, to a later date.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerNo. I have allowed over three months, and I am sure that local authorities generally are anxious not to prolong the uncertainty about the future of local government.