Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any plans to meet local authority leaders to discuss his proposals for amending the community charge.
§ Mr. ChopeMy right hon. Friend will be meeting the leaders of the local authority associations at the consultative council on local government finance in September. They may wish to raise the matters dealt with in his statement of 19 July,Official Report, columns 1185–89, and discussed in the consultation document issued that day.