Is that not the danger? In this climate, when there will be very little private finance for such schemes, will it not be very tempting for the BID organisations to say, "We can find another bunch of people and companies that have to pay too" and to simply ask for more money from the levy because they will get less money from elsewhere?
Business Rate Supplements Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Redwood
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Business Rate Supplements Bill.
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