HC Deb 17 January 1972 vol 829 cc65-6W
Mr. Edward Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether contributions made by regional authorities, after local government reform, towards the maintenance of passenger rail services, will qualify as relevant expenditure for rate support grant purposes.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Consultations on the future of the grant system are still at an early stage. My hon. Friend will have noted the suggestion in the Green Paper on The Future Shape of Local Government Finance that no items of expenditure met from the rate fund should be excluded from the definition of reckonable expenditure.