ABSTRACT
After the dissolution of the Local Government Boundary Commission the Association of Municipal Corporations, the County Councils Association, and the associations representing urban districts and rural districts decided to confer together to see if they could agree upon a scheme of local government reform for submission to the Government. In May 1952 the Association of Municipal Corporations withdrew from these discussions and the National Association of Parish Councils was invited to participate in them. Parliament would be asked to define by statute the boundaries of the great conurbations. These conurbations would then be reviewed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government, who would draw up and submit to Parliament for approval schemes defining the authorities to be established in each conurbation and the distribution of functions between them.
