§ Mr. Brightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the needs of non-metropolitan areas are to be more fairly assessed in the distribution of the rate support grant in future.
§ Mr. KingI refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend gave to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Hexham (Mr. Rippon) on 24 October 1979.—[Vol. 972, c. 197.]