Local Government

Part of Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 3) Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:31 pm on 15 October 2008.

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Photo of Bob Neill Bob Neill Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government), Deputy Chair, Conservative Party 4:31, 15 October 2008

It seems to me that the Minister needs to reconsider the whole system of floors, caps and the grant formula. Would it not be much better if we could have greater independence in the setting of the criteria and if, rather than leaving local authorities caught with the cap, we adopted my party's proposal that council tax increases of a certain size should be put to residents in a referendum? That would surely be democracy.