§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions in the past five years schemes have been brought forward by the Government for the introduction of taxes on development land values; in what years those schemes were brought forward; in what years they were abolished and for what reasons; and if he will make a statement. [7713]
§ Mr. GummerThe Government have brought forward no such schemes in the past five years.
§ Mr. WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the advantages of imposing new taxes on the development for residential purposes of green-field sites; and if he will make a statement. [7712]
§ Mr. GummerI have not proposed such taxes, and have no intention of doing so.