§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will investigate borrowing by Ealing council against current and future housing investment programme allocations and capital receipts; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChopeThe means by which a local authority may borrow are specified in schedule 13 to the Local482W Government Act 1972 and regulations made thereunder. If my hon. Friend has reason to believe that Ealing council is raising money by other means, I invite him to place the evidence before the council's auditor.