With the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge of the sector, I am surprised that he says that, given that business rates are one of the critical issues affecting the high street. Retailers often tell me about the unfairness of businesses such as Amazon receiving skewed business rates valuations due to the size of their operations, so I have dealt with that point.
Retail Sector
Proceeding contribution from
Rebecca Long Bailey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 June 2018.
It occurred during Opposition day on Retail Sector.
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