§ Sir Eldon GriffithsTo ask the Prime Minister if, in the process of implementing the Government's policy of dispersing departmental offices out of high-cost urban areas, she will co-ordinate the plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Defence, and the Minister of Agricultue, Fisheries and Food to concentrate into Cambridge offices of the Inland Revenue, the Property Services Agency, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that at present are located in East Anglia's smaller market towns.
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§ The Prime MinisterThe guidelines already require relocating Departments to consult other relevant Departments, so that issues such as comparative costs, the benefits of property rationalisation and interdepartmental co-ordination can be fully considered in advance of Ministers announcing their decisions.