Business Rates
It is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton.
Since I became Rochdale’s Membe...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on all the work he does on this subject...
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I do agree with that statement. I am also familiar with the work of CVS, which does excellent wor...
Does my hon. Friend agree that it is a tremendous irony that delays in the VOA, which is one part...
That is absolutely right. The failure to run the appeals process successfully is damaging busines...
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. One issue on high streets in...
That is an interesting point about empty property taxes. I will not address it in my speech, but ...
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this timely and important debate. Does he not agree wit...
I agree with the ACS. It does excellent work. The lack of consultation on the revaluation is a ma...
Much of the hon. Gentleman’s argument seems to be predicated on the north-south divide. However, ...
I agree. Not only the north but other areas outside the south-east will be adversely affected.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the ...
Will my hon. Friend mention the tax on empty properties? That causes me great concern. People who...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. I was not going to raise it mys...
On that subject, does my hon. Friend agree that empty property business rates are also an impedim...
Yes, I agree. Investing in major town centre refurbishment schemes is expensive and challenging. ...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...
I shall make a helpful comment. Does the hon. Lady agree that, in some instances, local authoriti...
The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. We must have systems in place that support local businesse...
Thank you for allowing me to speak in this important debate, Mr Caton. It is a pleasure to follow...
Perhaps the hon. Gentleman also wants to put on the record that when the previous Labour Governme...
The coalition Government should not take any lessons from the Labour party on economic management...
It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate my very good friend,...
It is a pleasure, Mr Caton, to speak under your chairmanship. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...
It is a pleasure to respond to the debate under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. I join other hon. Me...
If the revaluation took place in 2015, and was not moved to 2017, how many businesses would pay l...
I am not sure that I followed the hon. Gentleman’s point. Could he clarify it?
If the revaluation took place in 2015, as it should, how many businesses would see their business...
As I published yesterday, the Valuation Office Agency’s view is that about 800,000 premises would...
Where do the 300,000 businesses in the Government’s figures tend to be based—which regions?
At the moment, the estimate is done across the country. We are looking at publishing these estima...
If I understood the Minister correctly, he said that the detailed work had not been done by the V...
As I have said, the publication of the figures is a matter for the VOA, and one that we are looki...
I am grateful for that assurance. We look forward to seeing the impact of the additional resource...
I will certainly take that point back to the Department. May I highlight that any ratepayers with...
I do not know whether the Minister has ever tried to contact the VOA, but my office certainly has...
The hon. Gentleman invites me to stray well outside the scope of the debate, but I take his point...
The Minister’s figures confirm that at least 300,000 businesses will pay more than they should in...
The hon. Gentleman omits to point out that 800,000 businesses would have had to pay more, and doe...