§ 23. Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of Stale for Scotland what further assessment he has made of the staff and other costs of work being undertaken by local authorities in preparing for the new authorities.
§ Mr. StewartI have nothing to add to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for 273W Kincardine and Deeside (Mr. Kynoch), on 13 December 1994, Official Report, columns 595–96, which outlined his plans for funding the costs of local government reorganisation in 1995–96.