HC Deb 21 February 1996 vol 272 cc144-5W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he proposes to take to ensure that fire brigades throughout the country are adequately funded in 1996–97. [15854]

Mr. Sackville

It is up to each fire authority, in the light of the proposed criteria for council tax capping, to set a budget for 1996–97 which will enable it to comply with its statutory duties under the Fire Services Act 1947.