§ 19. Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on progress made in discussions with local authority association and insurance companies regarding the publication of reports commissioned by local authorities into allegations of serious misconduct by them. [33952]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordMy officials have had preliminary discussions with local authority associations and their discussions continue. We understand that the associations are writing to their member authorities to draw attention to the associations' code of practice on ad hoc inquiries in local government, published in August 1980, and that, in the context of their discussions with my officials arid with the Association of British Insurers, they intend to review the principles contained in the code.