§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has for the continuation of the work of the Greater London council's tourist information centre in Shaftesbury avenue in the event of the abolition of the Greater London council.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI refer the hon. Member to paragraph 2.22.1 of the "Yellow Book" — the Government's proposals for transferring functions to London Boroughs and metropolitan districts—dated July 1984.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1), pursuant to the answer of 16 November 1984, Official Report, column 378, how it is intended that information collected by the London boroughs on a consistent basis, and subject to the agreement of a two-thirds majority, would be made available to the public and to the boroughs as a whole; and where the information would be analysed, held or published, in the event of the abolition of the Greater London council;
(2) pursuant to the answer of 16 November 1984, Official Report, column 378, what method would be used to record whether a two-thirds majority of boroughs had agreed to collect a particular piece of information; and for how long each individual agreement would impose a duty on all boroughs to provide such information, in the event of the abolition of the Greater London council.
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§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI refer the hon. Member to clause 86 of the Local Government Bill. These are matters for the London borough councils to decide.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the cost savings in the administration of planning in London in the event of the abolition of the Greater London council.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI have nothing to add to the estimates in the answer my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Surbiton (Mr. Tracey) on 30 November 1984, at column 611.