Mr. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with the local authority associations on the rate support grant settlement for 1986–87.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy right hon. Friend has been consulting the local authority associations on the rate support grant settlement for 1986–87 throughout 1985, both in the consultative council on local government finance and its official-level grants working group. The last meeting of the consultative council was on 21 October.