HC Deb 22 January 1986 vol 90 c221W
23. Mr. Haynes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to publish his review of the rating system.

24. Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to publish his review of the rating system.

25. Mr. Meadowcroft

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on his policy to reform the rating system.

40. Mrs. Clwyd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to publish his consultation document on the future of the rating system.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson).

27. Mr. Park

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultation period he will allow on his report on the review of the rating system.

Mr. Waldegrave

I must ask the hon. Member to await the publication of the consultative document.

32. Mr. Allen McKay

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the average increase in rates in 1986.

Mrs. Rumbold

This year the average increase in general rate poundages is 7.3 per cent. If authorities plan sensibly, the average increase next year need be no higher, and' it could be lower.

52. Mr. Sedgemore

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he proposes to undertake on the future of the rating system.

Mrs. Rumbold

We shall be publishing a Green Paper very shortly and consulting widely on the proposals in it.