§ Mr. Normantonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring forward legislation whereby, in the event of an appeal for rate reduction being successfully negotiated by an individual householder or group of householders, who perhaps live in a noise abatement area, he will automatically arrange 320W for all other householders living within the defined area to be given similar rate relief without the necessity for individual applications.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettMy right hon. Friend does not consider legislation to be necessary. Valuation officers are already under a duty to maintain the valuation lists within their areas. As part of that duty they regularly propose changes to rateable values in the lists in consequence of changes in the assessments of related or similarly placed properties.