Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

The hon. Gentleman is talking a great deal of sense. But I am concerned about the sanguine view that, because the majority of properties will stay in the same band—the point made by the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford)—which is inevitable, given that we are talking about an average, that is somehow all right, and that the winners and losers will somehow balance out. Is it not true that the winners will be concentrated in certain geographical areas and the losers in others? My part of the world, the west country, has experienced rapidly increasing property prices—a point that applies whether one is on a high or a low income. That is the basic unfairness.