§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what proposals he has for the alignment of(a) purchaser, (b) directly manager provider units and (c) trusts with the boundaries of the proposed unitary authorities under local government reorganisation;
(2) what proposals he has to align the boundaries of the three emergency services; if he will institute a study into the costs and benefits of such multi-purpose alignments; and if he will make a statement on the implications of local government re-organisation on the emergency services;
(3) what provisions he has made to compensate local government officers for any reduction in pay following their transfer to unitary local authorities after local government reorganisation.
§ Mr. David HuntI shall be announcing decisions on matters relating to local government reorganisation in due course.