HC Deb 01 July 1980 vol 987 c503W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he intends to take against those councils which do not fill in his Department's forms on spending by the required date.

Mr. Heseltine

The present relationship between central and local government depends on the voluntary co-operation between the two. It is premature to decide what steps I should take if local authorities decide that the present relationship should be ended.

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