My hon. Friend and I both served on that Committee and I greatly enjoyed the debates. I genuinely understand the aim of my hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley in amendment No. 3, but the way to tackle the problem is by dealing with the inequity of the funding formula in the round. That is the nub of the problem. I hope that we shall take that on instead of accepting the amendment, which simply tweaks a much larger problem.
I understand what the amendment tries to achieve. If two separate amendments along the lines of the subsections in new clause 1 had been tabled, I might have been tempted to vote for one but not the other. Unfortunately, I am worried about supporting the amendment as drafted because the power is too broad and the Secretary of State could abuse it in certain circumstances.
Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Francois
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 December 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill.
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