§ Viscount RIDLEYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether in view of the Government's decision to abandon sanctions against employers who have allegedly broken the guidelines on pay, they would agree to reinstate the £3 million taken from the rate support grant settlement for 1979–80 as a result of the pay award to local government chief officers operative from 1st July 1978.
§ The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Baroness Stedman)No. The Rate Support Grant (Increase) (No. 2) Order 1978, which took account of this abatement, was approved by Affirmative Resolution in another place on 14th December.