Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 June 1991.
Mr David Alton
, Liverpool Mossley Hill
12:00,
12 June 1991
In the discussions with local authorities, will the Minister say what rights of redress will be provided for the citizens of cities such as Liverpool, where in some areas bins have not been emptied for the past 13 weeks? What does he intend to do to assist community charge payers in places like Liverpool, who have been called to pay an additional £70·99 in poll tax for people who did not pay the poll tax last year? Does not that run contrary to any question of natural justice?
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