Responses to Consultation on Draft Rates Order
These responses are in relation to a consultation on The Draft Rates (Amendment)(Northern Ireland) Order 2006. This consultation ended on 15 September 2006 and its purpose was to consult on the ability of the draft legislation to give effect to the policies that the Government has already announced.
The policies themselves were informed by extensive periods of consultation. This included two 16-week periods of consultation, one in 2002 initiated by the then NI Executive and the other in 2004.
Organisations:
Age Concern (pdf 951Kb)
Citizens Advice Bureau (pdf 146Kb)
Castlereagh Borough Council (pdf 1.05Mb)
Association of Charity Shops (pdf 354Kb)
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland (pdf 209Kb)
Cookstown District Council (pdf 160Kb)
Disability Action (pdf 1.13Mb)
N.I Fair Rates Campaign (pdf 4.47Mb)
Fair Rates Campaign Petition (pdf 762kb) - This petition has been endorsed by some 3500 individuals.
Federation of Housing Associations (pdf 627Kb)
Help the Aged (pdf 616Kb)
Belfast Holylands Regeneration Association (pdf 1.2Mb)
Ulster Farmers Union (pdf 2.04Mb)
Stranmillis Residents Association (pdf 700Kb)
Senior Citizens Consortium Sperrin Lakelands (pdf 651Kb)
RICS (pdf 562Kb)
Queens University Belfast (pdf 451Kb)
Portstewart Community Vision (pdf 2.62Mb)
Older Peoples Forum (pdf 14Kb)
Northern Ireland Council on Voluntary Action (pdf 998Kb)
Housing Rights Service (pdf 2.01Mb)
Malone Meadows Residents Committee (pdf 598Kb)
Political Parties & Elected Representatives:
Alliance Party (pdf 105kb)
Democratic Unionist Party (pdf 22.3Kb)
PJ Bradley MLA (pdf 14.2Kb)
SDLP (pdf 44.5Kb)
Sinn Fein (pdf 27.2Kb)
Ulster Unionist Party (pdf 102Kb)
Dr William McCrea MP MLA (pdf 17.7Kb)
Responses from members of the public:
D.Walsh (pdf 318Kb)
'Standard' Response No.1 (pdf 777Kb) - A total of 8 individuals sent in copies of this letter.
'Standard' Response No.2. (pdf 222Kb) - A total of 14 individuals sent in copies of this letter.
