Clause 62 - Submission of proposed rating lists
Local Government Bill
3:30 pm
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West, Conservative)
I entirely agree. The time allowed is much preferable. It is twice as good as it was before. However, even within the short-term arrangements for shops and enterprises, six months is a relatively short time to change one's behaviour to take account of what might be significant changes in revenue and variations in profitability. Will the Minister say how much more notice it would have been possible to give? How difficult would it be to change the arrangements to give twice as much notice? Can that barrier be pushed back even further? What are the costs and benefits?