§ 43. Sir A. Hurdasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will now estimate the average increase in rate charges on dwelling houses in the current year compared with last year.
§ Mr. CorfieldOn the best information at present available to me, the average increase in England and Wales is a little less than £3 a year.
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§ 50. Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, in view of the fact that in Dorset the share of the rate burden borne by domestic premises has risen from 46.93 per cent. to 54.08 per cent., what steps he will take to lighten the burden on householders in Dorset.
§ Mr. CorfieldThe change indicates an increase in the domestic share of about 15 per cent., which should fall to about 13 per cent., when Crown properties have been revalued. My right hon. Friend does not consider that an increase of this order justifies the derating of houses generally in the county.