§ Mr. Steenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis Ashfield House, Brookside Avenue, Liverpool 14, has been classified by valuation officers as commercial for rating purposes.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies,pursuant to the reply [Official Report, 19th July 1976, Vol. 915, c. 355.], gave the following information:
Ashfield House has been assessed by the valuation officer in accordance with normal rating principles. Following proposals that a different basis of assessment should apply, the matter will come before the local valuation court in due course. It is for this rating authority to decide whether commercial rates are properly payable.