Question follow-through · 68122
Business Premises: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed prohibition of upwards-only rent reviews in all commercial property leases contained in the English Devolutio
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed prohibition of upwards-only rent reviews in all commercial property leases contained in the English Devolutio
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jul 2025
Answer published
The government conducted extensive research and engagement before deciding to ban upwards only rent reviews. In the last quarter of 2024, 1 in 7 high street properties were vacant. Whilst we recognise the ban removes a guarantee of return from investors, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Government Departments: Buildings
24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed ban on upwards only rent reviews on rents of leased Government offices; and what the square footage is o
Housing: Construction
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that homes of the future are being built with British materials, including UK grown timber, and securing cement and concrete supply chains acros