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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

Could the Minister answer a hypothetical question? The reason for postponing the revaluation is the Sir Michael Lyons interim report, and Sir Michael Lyons has now been charged with coming to other decisions. We know, and it is clear, that there are other reviews relating to local government. So if this House is to be denied the opportunity to scrutinise the Secretary of State’s view about the date of a revaluation, under what legislation or opportunities is this House likely to have to discuss the conclusions that Sir Michael Lyons reaches, the new systems that will be likely to be set up, or the decisions to continue a current system, which would end with the possibility of a revaluation? Ultimately, the decision to decide the date of a revaluation may not actually matter much; what will matter will be the discussions on the decisions that lead up to that decision. I very much hope that the House will not be excluded from those discussions on the basis that anything that mentions revaluation is suddenly aligned and assigned to the other place alone.