§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to ensure that revenue implications for local authorities which arise expenditure under the RECHAR programme will not result in eligible local authorities being subjected to community charge capping.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 10 July 1990]: I am not willing to speculate on how any scheme of charge capping might operate were my right hon. Friend to consider it necessary to use the powers available to him in future years.