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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

I draw the attention of the House to the fact that I am a chartered surveyor, a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and involved in practice in this matter. We now have a copy of the relevant Act that we are seeking to amend—the Local Government Finance Act 1992, and section 22B of that Act, as amended by section 77 of the Local Government Act 2003. There has been some comment in the House about that, so for the edification of the House I quote subsection (6) of section 22B, which states:"““Before a list””—" that is, a valuation list—"““is compiled under this section, the listing officer must take such steps as are reasonably practicable in the time available to ensure that it is accurately compiled on the date on which it is to be compiled.””" There have been some comments in the press that entry into people’s houses, photographs and other such intrusive measures could be contemplated in that exercise—