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Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee): Records

Catalogue reference: AT 10

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AT 10

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...

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Reference

AT 10

Title
Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee): Records
Date

1974-1976

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).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2528/

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Committee of Inquiry into Local Government Finance (Layfield Committee): Records