§ 20. Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will at the next negotiation seek to in crease the proportion of the rate support grant which goes to counties and diminish the proportion which goes to urban areas.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettWe would not wish to prescribe the pattern of grant distribution for 1978–79 without knowing the outcome of the consultations with the local authority associations. These have only just started.