The hon. Gentleman is right: in France, the derogation is leading to an increase in regional rates. Principally, that is to help defray the costs of responsibilities that used to be carried out by central Government and are now carried out at the regional level, and it is time-limited to three years.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Healey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 June 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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