§ Mr. HansonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial assistance he plans to make available to Flintshire county council and North Wales police authority with regard to their additional costs incurred as a result of the north Wales child abuse inquiry. [1935]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansI refer the hon. Member to the Attorney-General's parliamentary answer of 29 January 1990—Official Report, column 26—and confirm that the Government will not meet the costs of substantial bodies of this kind in respect of tribunals and public inquiries unless there are special circumstances.