§ Sir V. HENDERSONasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the reso- 379W lutions he has received from several rural district councils in Essex suggesting that a revalution, under the Rating and Valuation Act, every 10 or 15 years would be sufficient, he proposes to take any action or make any inquiry into the matter?
Sir H. YOUNGLocal authorities are now preparing the second of the new valuation lists required by the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, to be made at intervals of five years, and it is desirable that consideration of the suggestion made in the resolutions referred to, which would involve legislation, should be deferred until it is possible to form some estimate of the results achieved by the new lists. I propose, however, to ask the Central Valuation Committee to furnish me in due course with their views upon the suggestion.