§ 2. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now abandon the regression analysis technique for the computation of the needs element of the rate support grant.
§ Mr. Shore:No.
§ 27. Mr. MacGregorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the rate support grant settlement for 1979.
§ Mr. Shore:I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Abertillery (Mr. Thomas) on 24th November—[Vol. 958, cols. 781–83.]
§ 33. Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received as to his decision on the rate support grant for 1979–80.