§ 1. Mr. Bessellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps to issue an instruction to local authorities that physical inspection of hereditanients shall be required before rateable values are determined.
§ The Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Mr. James MacColl)No, Sir. Local authorities are not responsible for assessing property for rates.
§ Mr. BessellI thank the hon. Gentleman for that reply. Would he consider issuing a directive to superintendent valuers instructing them to give information as to how valuation risks were arrived at through local authorities or ratepayers' associations in those areas where large numbers of successful appeals indicate a considerable measure of error?
§ Mr. MacCollResponsibility for the control or valuation belongs to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.