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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

Will the hon. Gentleman reflect on what was said on Second Reading and consider the possibility of changing the way in which ability to pay is assessed, combining that with a broad-scale income assessment, and feeding it into the funding formula in place of the current banding system? The resulting tax would have the advantages in terms of collectability that council tax has because it is property based. I believe that that would blow the Liberals’ suggestion out of the water.