§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has yet received a report from the retail prices index advisory committee on the effect of the abolition of domestic rates on the construction of the index.
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§ Mr. FowlerI have today received a report from the committee recommending that the community charge should be included in the retail prices index when domestic rates are abolished. I will shortly be publishing the report and announcing the Government's decision on the recommendations.