Local Government Expenditure

HC Deb 16 January 1984 vol 52 cc93-4W

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations have been received about section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 and the use by local authorities of its powers; and, of these, how many have been critical of the use made by local authorities of these powers.

Mr. Waldegrave

My right hon. friend has received a significant number of representations about local authorities' use of section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972, the majority of them critical.