HC Deb 12 March 1990 vol 169 cc104-5W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all those regulations governing the introduction of the community charge and the uniform business rate which have yet to be(a) laid before the House and (b) debated by the House.

Mr. David Hunt

[holding answer 9 March 1990]: The regulations still to be laid before the House are as follows:

The Community Charge

  1. 1. Amendments to the administration and enforcement regulations.
  2. 2. Make up of the general fund.
  3. 3. Arrangements for netting of RSG and redistributed NNDR payments to local authorities and NNDR contributions from local authorities.
  4. 4. The form of the bills to be used when an authority is charge capped.
  5. 5. Adjustments to rates recoverable or written off after 1 April 1990 relating to earlier years.
  6. 6. Exemption of 18–19 year olds still at school.

National Non-Domestic Rates

  1. 7. Valuation of caravan sites, universities and polytechnics.
  2. 8. Alteration of lists—appeals against rateable values and Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals procedures for NNDR.
  3. 9. Savings from General Rate Act 1967 and related provisions.
  4. 10. Repeals and Consequential amendments.
  5. 11. Payment of interest on overpaid rates.
  6. 12. Transitional arrangements: additional rules to deal with special cases.
  7. 13. Rateable Values of Utilities: National Power plc and nuclear power stations. (Subject to an Affirmative Resolution).

The last debate which covered affirmative regulations and regulations subject to negative resolutions that had been prayed against took place in the House on 20 December 1989. On 18 January 1990 the House approved the report giving effect to the 1990–91 grant settlement.