Business Rate Supplements Bill

I recognised that I was going to be caught by my own argument. In response to the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Bates, about frequently asked questions and blogs, I have written, "Nothing to preclude that". I am aware that I might be arguing against myself, although it would be quite nice to see whether we could be the first group of people to get the word "blog" into primary legislation. I applaud the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin of Roding, for being so ambitious as to think that we might anticipate tomorrow’s technology. I am barely catching up with yesterday’s, but he is absolutely right. The noble Baroness leaves me with a question, which I suppose is rhetorical: if we leave it to local authorities to decide how to deal with the prospectus, why do we need Clause 5(3)(a), for instance, which says that the levying authority must place an electronic copy on its website? Simply requiring the authority to publish this prospectus, on the basis of her argument, would be enough. However, I am not going to get any further at this point. These may seem small matters, but they could be fairly significant. I am obviously grateful to the Minister for her reference to guidance. At this stage I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 19 withdrawn. Amendments 20 to 23 not moved. Clause 5 agreed. Schedule 1 : Information to be included in a prospectus for a BRS. Amendment 24 not moved.