Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider, in the forthcoming legislation to reform the rating system, excluding from rateable valuation improvements to property designed to save energy such as the installation of solar heating or windmills for electricity generation.
Mr. AncramNo. I am not persuaded that there is any reason to depart from the general principle that valuations should take account of all the features that can affect the rent which a property might command.