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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his complex twisting questions and red herrings. I think that he will accept that the Bill changes the situation by removing the programming of revaluation, but allowing the Secretary of State to set the timing for a revaluation—if that ever happens. I thus suggest that there might be an opportunity to save the enormous expense of national revaluation by having local revaluations, if that is appropriate. As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, given his interest in local government, the cry for a national revaluation is virtually nil.