Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill

Why was that not done before? In the last piece of legislation, a date was named, which was obviously cancelled in the end. We support this part of legislation cancelling the revaluation because it is obviously necessary. Why do these pieces of legislation have to be in the Bill now? Why can we not all wait for Sir Michael Lyons’s report before we continue? There will probably have to be legislation to implement the recommendations of Sir Michael’s report, so why can we not have a short Bill cancelling the current revaluation and leave the rest until we are ready for it? We do not understand that. There are few amendments on the Bill but they all question why the Government are doing this now rather than waiting for Sir Michael Lyons’s report.