HC Deb 04 July 1989 vol 156 cc131-2W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer of 26 June,Official Report, column 347, he will state (a) whether draft valuation lists deposited with charging authorities will be open to public inspection, and (b) what steps he will take to advise non-domestic ratepayers to ascertain the proposed new rateable values of their property; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ridley

The draft rating lists which the valuation office is to deposit with charging authorities will be open to public inspection. Non-domestic ratepayers might be well advised to check their proposed rateable values, though they should of course bear in mind that their 1990–91 rate bill will also be affected by the introduction of a uniform poundage and, in many cases, by the transitional arrangements for phasing in the new system.