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Council Tax

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans are under consideration by her Department for the reform of council tax. (220033)

The Government support the conclusions of Sir Michael Lyons' independent inquiry, that council tax as a property based tax is broadly sound and should be retained. However we keep the detail of council tax administration continually under review. We are currently considering the feasibility of enabling local authorities to transfer the enforcement of council tax debts from magistrates courts to county courts in appropriate cases.