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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

I thank my noble friend for his intervention—as always, he was straight, succinct and practical. I also thank the Minister. I want to go away and read Hansard carefully. It is awful when one says that after having just listened to what someone has to say, but it seemed to me that the noble Baroness almost accepted our amendment. Although she did not stand up and say that she was accepting it, she implied that it was quite sensible that revaluation should precede any prospect of rebanding, changing the ratios or doing anything to the council tax.