Question follow-through · 27119
Business Rates: Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing Business Rates with a Land Value Tax.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing Business Rates with a Land Value Tax.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system over the course of this Parliament that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. The Government has already started the work of reforming our bus...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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Multinational Companies: Corporation Tax
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2026 to question UIN 27117, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of further international co-ordination on Public Country by Country Reporting.