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Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. She knows that I will be disappointed. I want to stress, as I began, that we do not—and I would have thought other noble Lords would not either—see it purely as a taxation matter. It is a matter that concerns almost the future of local government as we now know it. It is such a political issue that it is a matter of considerable public concern. Therefore, one is extremely disappointed that just because of the 1992 legislation, which was a different issue—a new type of taxation—now there is public concern about the future of council tax and the way in which local government is going to continue. I am extremely disappointed to hear the Minister’s answer. One of the fortunate features of Grand Committee is that because one cannot vote there one tends to repeat many of the issues on Report. I am sure that we will do that at Third Reading. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.