Part of Orders of the Day — Wales Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 April 1978.
Nevertheless, the Association of County Councils considers it important and worth fighting for. Will the Minister explain how the new arrangements would strengthen Welsh involvement in the actual negotiation of the total rate support grant and the amount that comes to Wales? All he has mentioned is their part in the distribution to counties, but what matters is the total that comes to Wales. How does this make the authorities bigger fish in the negotiations?