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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

We will have to wait and see. When we consider council tax bills, we must bear in mind the council tax benefit and rebate system to get a fair picture. We can then debate the policy on the basis of the facts, not false assumptions. Finally, I do not understand why Conservative Members continue to undermine the council tax, when the Conservative party introduced it and when they have no alternative tax policy—yet they campaign to seek to undermine it every week. I hope that we can have a proper debate and dialogue based on the facts of the Bill and recognise that the council tax system has received support from both main parties since it was introduced. I commend the Bill to the House.