HL Deb 19 July 1988 vol 499 cc1215-6

47 Schedule 4, page 42, line 11, at end insert—

'PART III

Board's property to be rateable

9. In Schedule 1, paragraph 2(4) is repealed.'.

Lord Cameron of Lochbroom

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 47. This amendment provides that the Scottish Legal Aid Board will meet its own rates bill instead of the Government making a payment in lieu of rates. The existing provision has resulted in an unnecessarily complex arrangement for the payments of the board's rates. The change will make the provision consistent with that applying to other major Scottish non-departmental public bodies. There are consequential adjustments to the list of repeals in Schedule 6 which are contained in a later amendment, Amendment No. 52, to which I also speak. I commend Amendment No. 47 to your Lordships.

Moved, that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 47.—(Lord Cameron of Lochbroom.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.