My hon. Friend has elucidated one of the fundamental flaws in the Bill. Would he care to speculate on why the Chancellor has chosen to attack business in this way for such a significant revenue-raising element of his Budget? Might that be because business is disfranchised and has no vote?
Rating (Empty Properties) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Dunne
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 June 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Rating (Empty Properties) Bill.
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