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Catalogue description Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee): Records
| Reference: | AT 10 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee): Records |
| Description: |
This series consists of records of the Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee). The records include material submitted as written evidence to the committee, transcripts of oral evidence, other written evidence circulated to sub-groups within the committee, and the committee's report and the letter by which it was presented to the secretary of state (AT 10/525-526). An index to all this material, arranged alphabetically by name of the contributor, is also included (AT 10/1). |
| Date: | 1974-1976 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance, 1974-1976 |
| Physical description: | 526 papers |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment on 27 June 1974. Its terms of reference were 'to review the whole system of local government finance in England, Scotland and Wales, and to make recommendations'. The committee was chaired by Sir Frank Layfield, QC. The report of the committee (Cmnd 6453) was published in May 1976. |
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