Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 July 1983.
Mr Kenneth Lewis
, Stamford and Spalding
12:00,
6 July 1983
Whey my hon. Friend is considering these figures, will he resist the temptation to prevent local authorities from increasing their rates—notwithstanding the fact that we want them to keep them down— because the electorate will see to that in the domestic area? Will he, however, put a cap on the increase that these councils can impose on business rates, because businesses have no vote?