940
1989-90
835
Cost Of The Poll Tax Bureaucracy
John Home Robertson
1990-04-03
That this House notes that the poll tax registration officer for Lothian Region is taking legal action to force Lothian Regional Council to appoint a further 48 poll tax officials; recalls criticisms of the Council by the Secretary of State for Scotland on grounds of alleged overspending; welcomes the responsible action of the Council in protecting local services, including pensioners' free bus passes, and its prudent efforts to avoid further wasteful spending on the poll tax, which already has more than double the administrative costs of the rating system; agrees that the employment of 48 more poll tax staff would not be in the best interests of Lothian poll tax payers; and calls on the Government to abandon the poll tax on the grounds that it has now been shown to be as inefficient as it is unfair.
John Home Robertson
1990-04-03
Proposed
East Lothian
Nigel Griffiths
1990-04-03
Signed
Edinburgh South
John Maxton
1990-04-03
Signed
Glasgow, Cathcart
Tam Dalyell
1990-04-03
Signed
Linlithgow
Alistair Darling
1990-04-03
Signed
Edinburgh Central
Alexander Eadie
1990-04-03
Signed
Midlothian
Gavin Strang
1990-04-03
Signed
Edinburgh East
William McKelvey
1990-04-04
Signed
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
James Wray
1990-04-04
Signed
Glasgow Provan
George Foulkes
1990-04-04
Signed
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Andrew Faulds
1990-04-04
Signed
Warley East
Harry Ewing
1990-04-04
Signed
Falkirk East
John Cummings
1990-04-04
Signed
Easington
Ronnie Campbell
1990-04-04
Signed
Blyth Valley
Keith Bradley
1990-04-04
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Alun Michael
1990-04-04
Signed
Cardiff South & Penarth
John McAllion
1990-04-04
Signed
Dundee East
Roy Hughes
1990-04-04
Signed
Newport East
Ernie Ross
1990-04-04
Signed
Dundee West
Eric Illsley
1990-04-05
Signed
Barnsley Central
Norman Godman
1990-04-05
Signed
Greenock and Port Glasgow
Alan Meale
1990-04-05
Signed
Mansfield
Bill Michie
1990-04-18
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Harry Barnes
1990-04-18
Signed
North East Derbyshire
John Battle
1990-04-19
Signed
Leeds West
Jeremy Corbyn
1990-04-19
Signed
Islington North
Ian McCartney
1990-04-19
Signed
Makerfield
Kim Howells
1990-04-19
Signed
Pontypridd
Jimmy Hood
1990-04-19
Signed
Clydesdale
Martin Redmond
1990-04-19
Signed
Don Valley
Peter Pike
1990-04-19
Signed
Burnley
Robert Parry
1990-04-23
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Denzil Davies
1990-04-25
Signed
Llanelli
Alice Mahon
1990-04-26
Signed
Halifax
Tommy Graham
1990-04-26
Signed
Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Brian Wilson
1990-04-26
Signed
Cunninghame North
Jack Thompson
1990-05-16
Signed
Wansbeck
Martyn Jones
1990-06-05
Signed
Clwyd South West
John Smith
1990-06-07
Signed
Vale of Glamorgan