§ 17. Standing Order No. 80 (Business Committee) shall not apply to this Order.
§ The House will know that I would not move a timetable motion without very good reasons. My right hon. Friends and I believe that it is of great importance to local authorities and to all community charge payers for Parliament to pass this legislation quickly. This will ensure that the arrangements can be put in place before the start of the new financial year so that the considerable benefits, a reduction of £140 per community charge payer, can be fed through as quickly as possible. That is the main reason for the procedure that I propose.
§ This procedure is very much what local authorities would wish in order to make their planning arrangements before the financial year begins. It is certainly in the interests of all community charge payers for us to move quickly on these arrangements, and it will be interesting to see whether the Opposition opposes the £140 community charge reduction, which is the main object of the Bill.