§ 49. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that charitable organisations in Scotland are provided with the same facilities for rating relief as are to be available to similar organisations in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MaclayI am considering whether a mandatory rating relief for property occupied by charities, as enacted for England and Wales by the Rating and Valuation Act, 1961, should be applied to Scotland but I cannot yet make any statement. Local authorities already have a discretion to grant relief, and I understand that many of them are reviewing their use of this discretion in the light of the results of revaluation.