Question follow-through · 3658
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase business rates.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase business rates.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The government is committed to a business rates system which raises the same revenue but in a fairer way. The government has pledged to level the playing field between the high street and online giants, incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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