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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

I certainly do. Such fear is often a fear of the unknown. It is sometimes whipped up by the Opposition parties, and sometimes by the situation being mis-explained by the media, although sometimes it is properly explained by the media. With that fear comes a fear of revaluation per se. The Bill would defer, but not, I hope, cancel the revaluation. I think that it would eventually happen by means of a statutory instrument; my hon. Friend the Minister will correct me if I have misread the process outlined in this very lengthy Bill. I think that an order would be brought before the House and dealt with under the affirmative resolution procedure. The issues would, therefore, come back before the House, and I hope that they will do so, fairly speedily after the conclusion of the Lyons review. As I have said, I want a deferral, not a cancellation. According to their reasoned amendment, the Conservatives want a cancellation, almost for ever. That seems very strange. I was talking about the history of these revaluations, and I am open to being corrected at any point, but I do not think that there has been a revaluation in Ireland since about 1834.