Local Government Reform

HC Deb 17 February 1971 vol 811 cc453-4W

59. Mr. Fidler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a further statement on the reorganisation of local government.

130. Mr. Ogden

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has for the reform of local government in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Walker

The Government's proposals for the reorganisation of local government in England were published as a White Paper yesterday.

72. Mr. Lane

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations on local government reform he has received from the Association of Municipal Corporations; and what reply he has sent.

Mr. Peter Walker

The Association sent me copies of its "proposals for a dual system" last November. I assured them that its memorandum would be carefully studied and it was taken fully into account, along with other proposals, during the formulation of the Government's conclusions regarding local government reform.

74. Mr. Kinsey

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a further statement on the reform of local government finance.

Mr. Peter Walker

I hope to publish a Green Paper on local government finance later this year.

Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what official communication he has received from the Commission on the Constitution on the subject of local government reorganisation in England.

Mr. Peter Walker

I would refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 36 of the White Paper on Local Government in England (Cmnd. 4584) which was published yesterday.