§ 7. Mr. Stuart Hollandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the assumptions on balances made by him prior to determining the provisional maximum rates for the 18 authorities designated under the Rates Act 1984.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin:I am prepared to discuss how I arrived at my proposed rate or precept limits in the context of discussions with individual authorities on possible alternative limits.
§ 33. Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his timetable of further parliamentary action in respect of those authorities designated under the Rates Act.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin:The draft order setting precept limits for the four precepting authorities which I laid before the House on 30 January will be debated later today. My present intention is shortly to lay before the House a draft order setting rate limits for those designated rating authorities which have not agreed to their proposed rate limit.