§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now prepared to make additional financial resources available to Lancashire county council towards policing costs involved for the 1985 Conservative party conference.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNo. My right hon. Friend gave very careful consideration to the points put to him by the Lancashire police authority but he concluded that there was insufficient justification for departing from the normal arrangements for meeting police expenditure.