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Mr. Michael Latham
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list those sections of statutes which impose mandatory expenditure on local authorities, and also those which give permissive powers to local authorities to spend money, indicating in each case the nature of the expenditure.
Mr. Crosland
This information could not be obtained except at disproportionate expense.