§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 6 December,Official Report, columns 235–36, why he has decided not to publish any analysis of the impact of the council tax using the tax-benefit model; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. KeyModelling the possible impact of the council tax requires a large number of assumptions. Because of this, the results of any such modelling would be subject to wide and unquantifiable margins of error.