§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what instructions he proposes to give to(a) community charges registration officers, (b) charging authorities, and (c) valuation and community charge tribunals, concerning the provision of material in ethnic minority languages and translation facilities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RidleyA practice note on the community charge canvass issued last November advised registration officers of the need to provide guidance in languages other than English in some areas. To assist those authorities with substantial ethnic minority populations the Department will make available translations of the model form and notes in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi. Camera-ready copy will be available to registration officer and charging authorities, free of charge, early next month.