§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a list of members of the Local Government Expenditure Consultative Committee announced in his April Budget; and if he will indicate their relevant professional details or qualifications.
§ Mr. OakesThe Consultative Council on Local Government Finance does not have a fixed membership. It is chaired by the Secretary of State for the Environment and is attended as necessary by Ministers and senior officials from the Department of Health and Social Security, the Department of Education and Science, the Home Office, the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection and the Welsh Office, and by representatives—elected members and officials—of all the local authority associations, the Greater London Council and the London Boroughs Association.