§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will call an early meeting between his Department and representatives of local authorities to discuss the system of claims and use of expense payments to elected local councillors, with a view to examining how the 209W system is working under the Local Government Act 1973.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe present system of allowances to members of local authorities has recently been under review but I am unable, at this stage, to add to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Woolwich, East (Mr. Cartwright) on 27th November 1975—[Vol. 901, c. 264.]