§ 19. Lieut.-Colonel Marcus Liptonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether, in order to increase the income of local authorities, he will take steps to terminate the derating of industrial hereditaments and agricultural land.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanThis proposal raises large issues and will require the exploration of long avenues and the turning over of many stones.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonThe Government having now added considerably to the financial burden of all local authorities have introduced a new factor into the situation. Will the Minister see, therefore, that wealthy industrialists and landowners are no longer subsidised at the expense of less fortunate ratepayers? In Burton, for example, one firm costs the local rate fund far more than it ever pays in.