HC Deb 27 June 1979 vol 969 cc230-1W
28. Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has for the reform of local government finance and of local government taxation.

34. Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will initiate a long-term study to alter the present system of rating to one based not on rateable value but on an income tax system.

Mr. Heseltine

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer given by my right hon. Friend earlier today to the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Mr. Marshall).