Lord Jenkin's amendments were debated but not pushed to a division.

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Lord Jenkin, who served in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet as Patrick Jenkin, wanted to change the new legislation to give local authorities the discretion to lower the 25% Council Tax discount for single person households - but his amendment was rejected.

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Mr Jenkin noted that the government's plans to cut the number of MPs by 50 would increase the current payroll vote from 22% to 23.5% of the Commons.

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