Question follow-through · 10236
Bookshops: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates changes on independent bookshops in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates changes on independent bookshops in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
At the Budget, the VO announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since the pandemic, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties. The Government has introduced a support pac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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