Local Government Finance 32. Mr. Durant asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when last he met the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance. Mr. Heseltine I last met the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance on 16 November and I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Mr. Shelton) on that day.—[Vol. 973, c. 853–7.]