HC Deb 14 October 1969 vol 788 c59W
38. Mr. Murton

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning what studies he is making of methods of broadening the base of the local government taxation system; and if he will make a statement.

39. Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning whether, in considering the Redcliffe-Maud Report, he will bear in mind the possibility of the substitution of the rating system by less regressive methods of local taxation.

Mr. Crosland

The method of financing local government is one of the matters being studied as part of the consideration of the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in England.