I understand the thrust of the new clause and I have some sympathy with it. However, my concern is twofold. First, if the property owner is liable for the BID, at the next lease review is not the cost likely to be placed on the lease? The business user is therefore likely to face the cost anyway. Secondly, how does this relate to accounting? If there is a BID in one town but not in another, the cost may increase in one town but not in another. However, competition between the two may be keen.
Business Rate Supplements Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Brian Binley
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Business Rate Supplements Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
489 c329 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-04-22 00:42:48 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_540908
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_540908
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_540908