HC Deb 11 July 1989 vol 156 cc438-9W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to ensure that(a) merchant seamen and (b) Royal Navy seamen, who are away from shore for more than six months in a year, are treated equally in respect of liability for the poll tax.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 10 July 1989]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend the Minister of State gave him on 2 May 1989, Official Report, columns 17–18. Anyone who is dissatisfied with the decision of the registration officer has a right of appeal, first to the registration officer and then to the sheriff.