§ Mr. Stoddartasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will defray the whole or part of the costs of £50,000, excluding police costs, of the Wiltshire county council in respect of the extraordinary audit ordered by him under section 165(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 into the operations of the consortium for purchasing and distribution between 1 April 1974 and 31 March 1979.