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Mr. Alton
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will seek to establish a Select Committee to monitor local authority spending, with powers to send for councillors, local officials, ratepayers and independent experts.
Mr. St. John-Stevas
General questions of local government finance are already within the scope of the departmental Select Committees, subject to the statutory autonomy of individual local autho