§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he intends that trading standards work currently undertaken by metropolitan county councils should, on their abolition, be handed over to the chambers of commerce; and if he will consider appropriate fundings.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherNo. As indicated in the White Paper "Streamlining the Cities", Cmnd. 9063, the proposal is that responsibility for trading standards work currently undertaken by metropolitan county councils should pass to the appropriate district councils.