Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 April 1987.
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
, Leigh
12:00,
1 April 1987
Will the Minister confirm that as recently as last week he told constituents of mine in Lancashire and Yorkshire that his poll tax would increase their family Bills by about 15 per cent.? Will he further confirm that that applies especially in the townships of Wigan and Leigh, and especially to those owner-occupiers in lower-priced properties?
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