§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment on what consideration of the city's problems his Department has recommended that the Manchester City Council reduce its proposed estimate for 1973–74 by £2 million.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsMy Department has made no such recommendation. Preliminary figures provided by the corporation suggested an exceptionally high growth of expenditure but these figures were subsequently corrected. The corporation has now been told that my right hon. and learned Friend has no comment to make on its rate estimates.