Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17th February 1982.
Will my right hon. Friend try to move towards a system whereby the rate support grant is determined well in advance—a few months before the beginning of a council's financial year—to give it the chance to do more effective planning and allow people in the area to put forward their views on what balance of rates and services they want?