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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the councils against which his Department intends to institute legal proceedings for not complying with his requirement to set a rate.
Mr. Kenneth Baker
I have no power to compel local authorities to comply with their statutory duty under the General Rate Act 1967 to make a proper rate.