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Music Venues: Business Rates

Asked by Jonathan DaviesLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 82149

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce a new valuation method for the business rates of grassroots music venues above the £500,000 rateable venue that (a) have restricted opening hours and (b) cannot make commercial use of

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Please see the response to UIN 22711 here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-08/22711

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