The Minister keeps referring to the right the Bill gives councils to increase the charge on second homes, as though all councils could gain a lot of money from that. Will he accept that in the poorest authorities, which will be hit hardest by the Bill—places such as Gateshead, Rotherham and so on—there is not an awful lot of second homes?
Local Government Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Helen Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 May 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Government Finance Bill.
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