Rate Support Grant

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 20 Rhagfyr 1973.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Denis Howell Mr Denis Howell , Birmingham Small Heath 12:00, 20 Rhagfyr 1973

You put me in a very difficult position, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am always anxious to do what you ask. However, the previous day the Secretary of State for the Environment told the House that rates were bound to go up 7p. The Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot both be right. I had assumed that the Secretary of State was right the previous day—incidentally, I do not believe that his 7p is accurate since in my view it is likely to be nearer 10p, but that is another matter—and that in that event the Chancellor of the Exchequer must have been wrong. If the Chancellor was saying this inadvertently—