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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

My Lords, I am sorry if I have not clarified it; I thought that I had. As I said, we believe that it is very important to provide a power that allows the Secretary of State to bring a further date forward in due course. It is not a cancellation; it is a postponement and that would be made clear. We also believed that it was important to remove the 10-year time frame because it would give us an opportunity to open the field for Sir Michael Lyons to be as free and radical as he wishes. At the same time, we have taken the opportunity to say that there is no point in waiting for Sir Michael Lyons, but that it is important to provide this power so that we do not have to come back to the House with primary legislation. I should think that that would commend itself to the noble Lord for all sorts of reasons. I am sure we will be able to debate some of the other issues he raised in debates on other amendments.