§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give his estimate of the numbers of extra staff employed by local councils due to the introduction of the community charge.
§ Mr. Heseltine[holding answer 8 February 1991]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Mr. Key) to a question by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) on 16 January 1991, at columns 498–99.