§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is yet in a position to achieve his proposals to abolish local domestic rates in all areas of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BiffenThe Government's policy on domestic rates was set out in the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Environmental Services on 27 July—[Vol. 971, c. 649]—to my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, East (Mr. Bright).