Question follow-through · 36445
Public Houses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) investment and (b) growth in the beer and pub sector through reforming business rates.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) investment and (b) growth in the beer and pub sector through reforming business rates.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
To deliver our manifesto pledge, from 2026-27, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including pubs and breweries, with rateable values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut will ensure ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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