Question follow-through · 31840
Wholesale Trade: Business Premises
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of the classification of wholesale premises as online retail warehouses on the food and drink wholesale sector; and what steps she is taking to reduce t
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of the classification of wholesale premises as online retail warehouses on the food and drink wholesale sector; and what steps she is taking to reduce t
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including those on the high street, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they benefit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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