Business Rates

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is hard to explain to Government Members when they constantly shout. Had the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford) not shouted, I would already have been able to tell him that our other proposal is that we should give local authorities the chance to levy a business rate discount. I hope he will be happy with that, and perhaps intervene again to congratulate my party on what will no doubt be an excellent policy.