§ Mr. MacCormickasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average rise in rates paid in (a) the small burghs of Argyll and (b) the landward area of Argyll since the reorganisation of local government.
§ Mr. William RossInformation about rate changes in former burghs was given in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Dunbartonshire, West (Mr. Campbell) on 10th November 1975.—[Vol. 899, c. 457–462.]—As regards the landward area, the non-domestic rate poundage, excluding domestic water rates and taking account of transitional rating adjustments, in 1975–76 is 122p in the part of the area now in the Argyll and Bute District and 109p in the part now in the Lochaber District, compared with a range between 62p and 69p in 1974–75. Averages cannot readily be computed.