Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

Does my hon. Friend agree that the problem with council tax is the imbalance between the funding that it provides at a local level and central Government funding? She has provided an example of a council that receives more than 80 per cent. of its funding from central Government and less than 20 per cent. of its funding from council tax. Does she accept that, where that imbalance exists, comparatively small changes in central Government funding have disproportionately large effects on local council tax? Does she accept that that situation is unhealthy—