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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

I am making a serious point and I do not make it lightly. In the process of legislating, we should come to the Chamber to put our concerns on record. I have some sympathy with the principle behind the amendment, but because the House is not a debating society and because we are making legislation, I must tell my hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley that I cannot support him if he pushes the amendment to a vote. I fear that, potentially, the amendment would give unbridled power to the Secretary of State, who might use it in a malicious way against certain local authorities.