Part of New clause 3 – in the House of Commons at 8:30 pm on 4 April 1984.
If Lincolnshire and London have different priorities, those priorities should be allowed to have their own consequences on the whole financial position of the authorities.
I hope the House will accept that that is the best endeavour I can make to give a fairly clear guideline. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will not press his new clause because I am not sure that the drafting is perfect for such a complicated problem.