§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the House of Commons Library the Government's study of the expected numbers of community charge payers as a proportion of those obliged to pay.
§ Mr. Howard[pursuant to his answer, 7 July 1987, column 140]: My right hon. Friend has not undertaken a study of the kind referred to by the hon. Member. Registration for and enforcement of the community charge will be a local authority responsibility. We intend to give authorities the powers to ensure that this task is undertaken effectively and efficiently, and we see no reason why they should not achieve very high registration and payment rates.